connoisseurly
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From connoisseur + -ly.
Adjective
[edit]connoisseurly (comparative more connoisseurly, superlative most connoisseurly)
- Of, related to, or having the deep expertise in some area; characteristic of a connoisseur.
- His connoisseurly refinement helped him to gain our respect.
- 1984, Susan Lambert, Reading Drawings: An Introduction to Looking at Drawings[1]:
- "Connoisseurly sensibility and discrimination developed among critics and collectors, and the importance of drawings in appreciating an individual artist's work began to be recognised."
Adverb
[edit]connoisseurly (comparative more connoisseurly, superlative most connoisseurly)
- in connoisseurly manner
- He talked about the Italian wines connoisseurly.
- 2005, John Edgar Wideman, God's Gym - Page 45[2]:
- " […] he said, just as you'd expect from somebody who's been around such things and appreciates them connoisseurly but also with a passionate innocence so it's always the first time, the only time love's ever happened and Monk can't help but […] "