workmanlike

workmanlike
/werrk"meuhn luyk'/, adj.
1. like or befitting a workman.
2. skillful; well executed: a workmanlike piece of writing.
Also, workmanly.
[1400-50; late ME werkmanlike. See WORKMAN, -LIKE]

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