salesmanish

English

Etymology

salesman +‎ -ish

Adjective

salesmanish (comparative more salesmanish, superlative most salesmanish)

1. Like a salesman; salesmanly.
   • 1937, Lee Thayer, Last Trump, page 119:

     Peter spoke lower still though there was no one in sight except an inconspicuous salesmanish-looking passenger doing his constitutional round the deck.

   • 1968, Edward S. Bordin, Psychological counseling, page 53:

     How do you do, sir? (very hearty, "salesmanish" approach)

   • 2013, Jonathan Miles, Want Not, →ISBN, page 109:

     Not through charm (though his arsenal included a salesmanish version of that) and not through its antithesis, coercion (though browbeating was an old specialty of his), but through a counterbalanced combination of the two that called to mind an expert dog trainer, with the sit and stay commands swapped for shut up and pay.

   • 2014, Ramaswamy Balakrishnan, The Man With A Naked Face, →ISBN:

     Minutes later, he realized that it looked too formal, and too salesmanish.