workmanlike , also: workmanly

Of course you play rather a different game from me, more workmanlike.

He will do a workmanlike job and free the players to play.

My father did a good, workmanlike job, as anyone who knew him could have told you.

I am happy to see them in this workmanlike state.

But let's not ask too much of a workmanlike little tale.

He made the team and had a productive, if workmanlike, career.

Still, a more workmanlike hitter would be hard to find.

No general could have asked for a more compact and workmanlike little force.

They had a workmanlike approach to life, one rather like the Romans'.

The box was good and workmanlike, not exquisite, but better than much of what I had seen.

"We did a workmanlike job, given the short time available.

Within limits she has done a competent and workmanlike job.

So the Giants won, and they were proud of their workmanlike job.

They were workmanlike at best in their swordsmanship, I decided.

But she had certainly done a workmanlike job and a beautiful cover-up.

At the very least, they soar far above the workmanlike norm.

It is a workmanlike job, clearly based on a good deal of research, but somewhat at a distance from its subject.

The stops are workmanlike - five minutes or so - and the food is controversial.

Most of what he set down in them has a preliminary and strictly workmanlike character.

At 28, Gomez is a workmanlike professional with a pleasant nature.

For the most part, workmanlike role players don't get any shine.

Music has traditionally played a more modest and workmanlike role in Chinese culture.

At the established houses, making fashion has become a workmanlike affair.

All of that success could spoil even the workmanlike Yankees.

He will remind his team about continuing to play its quick, workmanlike style.