Meanings
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.
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"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."
1984, Susan Lambert, Reading Drawings: An Introduction to Looking at Drawings
comparative more connoisseurly · superlative most connoisseurly
- in connoisseurly manner
He talked about the Italian wines connoisseurly.
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"[…] 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 […]"
2005, John Edgar Wideman, God's Gym - Page 45
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