English edit

Etymology edit

accountant +‎ -like

Adjective edit

accountantlike (comparative more accountantlike, superlative most accountantlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of an accountant.
    • 2007 December 12, Bernard Holland, “Sounds of the New, Arrayed to Enliven a Nordic Night”, in New York Times[1]:
      A dutiful, almost accountantlike rendering by Lois Martin, violist; Chris Finckel, cellist; and Aleck Karis, pianist, did not make things any clearer.