English

Adjective

workmanlike ‎(comparative more workmanlike, superlative most workmanlike)

1. Performed with the skill of an artisan or craftsman.
2. Done competently but without flair.
   • 1999, Andrew Graham-Dixon, A History of British Art, Univ of California Press (ISBN 9780520223769), page 120

     Even his most matter-of-fact, workmanlike paintings are charged with an entirely personal morbidity.

   • 2002, Tom Friedman, Germano Celant, Fondazione Prada (Milan, Italy), Mario Perniola, Tom Friedman, Progetto Prada Arte

     The tandem arrangement does not misuse Close, for he has gotten decades of acclaim for a tedious, workmanlike art.

   • 2014, Scott Winfield Sublett, Screenwriting for Neurotics: A Beginner's Guide to Writing a Feature-Length Screenplay from Start to Finish, University of Iowa Press (ISBN 9781609382766), page 190

     Clear, workmanlike prose will do fine, and polishing up the prose is for the second draft.