Meanings
adjectivesurgeonly (comparative more surgeonly, superlative most surgeonly)
comparative more surgeonly · superlative most surgeonly
- Befitting a surgeon.
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.
1965, Borden Deal, Theodore Dreiser, Hyman Solomon Kraft, The Tobacco Men
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surgeonly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeonly
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“surgeonly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeonly. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “surgeonly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/surgeonly.
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