surgeonly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

surgeon +‎ -ly

Adjective[edit]

surgeonly (comparative more surgeonly, superlative most surgeonly)

  1. Befitting a surgeon.
    • 1965, Borden Deal, Theodore Dreiser, Hyman Solomon Kraft, The Tobacco Men:
      Drawing his own pistol, he leaned to strike John Thomas with surgeonly precision along the temple. John Thomas dropped like a poleaxed steer. Dr. Amos had used exactly the force necessary to knock him out.
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