salesmanish

comparative more salesmanish · superlative most salesmanish

1. Like a salesman; salesmanly.

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

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

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

   1937, Lee Thayer, Last Trump, page 119

   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.

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

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

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