surgeonly

English

Etymology

surgeon +‎ -ly

Adjective

surgeonly (comparative more surgeonly, superlative most surgeonly)

1. Befitting a surgeon.
   • 1965, Borden Deal, Theodore Dreiser, Hyman Solomon Kraft, The Tobacco Men:

     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.