Dr. Watsonish

English Alternative forms en Doctor Watsonish Dr. Watson-ish Dr Watsonish Etymology From en w:Dr. Watson ish. Adjective 1 Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories. en The Englishman’s Umbrella w:The New York Times LVII 18,383 New York, N.Y. 24 May 1908 part five 5 https://archive.org/details/sim_new-york-times_1908-05-24_57_18383/page/n32/mode/1up 1 “How on earth could you tell it was his?” asked a Dr. Watsonish-kind of clerk with as much awe as if he were addressing Sherlock Holmes himself. en Donald Davidson The Weekly Review—A Page About Books The Knoxville Sunday Journal https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/586391456/ 5 48 Knoxville, Tenn. 23 June 1929 To a cottage by the sea come a famous English detective and his very Dr. Watson[-]ish friend. https://web.archive.org/web/20230423122526/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/586391456/ 23 April 2023 en Lee Russell Sittin’ in the Press Row with Lee Russell The Idaho Daily Statesman 173 Boise, Ida. 11 February 1942 eleven https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/723188324/ 1 Charlie [Robinson] enlightens: “In my Dr. Watsonish way, I have rawther deducted that the policy of the Round Table might be summed up thusly: No regular meetings are scheduled, but as activities an occasions demand, the club is called together and I believe past history warrants the conclusion that they have done a better than average job of getting things done.” en Mary-Carter Roberts Reviewing The New Books The Sunday Star 2,089/36,871 Washington, D.C. 15 April 1945 C—3 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/868207480/ 1 One of the most irritating auctorial devices is that of having a story told through the eyes of a character who takes no part in it, who merely looks and listens in a sort of Dr. Watsonish fascination. en w:Colin Wilson w:Adrift in Soho Boston, Mass. Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press 1961 39 https://archive.org/details/adriftinsoho00wils/page/39/mode/1up 61-15179 I was flattered that he should consider me worthy of his acquaintance; I felt a certain Doctor Watson-ish admiration for the charm and confidence of his manner. en Bill Summers Becky Uses Charms To Climb, Plot Orlando Evening Star 85th year 9 Orlando, Fla. 13 January 1961 6—B https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/294776311/ 1 Joseph Sedley, a Dr. Watsonish-type character, provided some chuckles. en Frankie Matthesen The Courant Coroner The Hartford Courant CXXIX 65 Hartford, Conn. 6 March 1966 15 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/371029884/ 1 John Jericho has gained a Dr. Watsonish raconteur in Hugh Pentecost’s “Hide Her From Every Eye;” en Paul Dellinger Barter’s ‘The Hostage’ Combines Stage Ploys w:The Roanoke Times 173 172 Roanoke, Va. 21 June 1973 46 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/915705639/ 3 Gwyllum Evans, as a kilted Dr. Watsonish commander who sees the warfare through his own fantasies, provides some with his bagpipe entrances and with one of the many great songs of the production. en Bill Mandel The $600 Man w:San Francisco Examiner 114th year 284 9 May 1979 23 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/460908751/ 1 Robert Conrad’s tough, lady-killing Jim West and Ross Martin’s urbane, Dr. Watsonish Artemus Gordon were James Bond types 100 years before Bond’s era, technocratic super-spies in the Gilded Age of the American West (cheez — I’m starting to sound like Kevin Starr). en Deborah H. Williams Storytime The Evening Press Binghamton, N.Y. 21 August 1984 1 1C https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/252878876/ In these pages, an astute Sherlock Holmesian character solves all kinds of mysteries with help from a somewhat inept Dr. Watsonish assistant. en w:Ken Tucker GREASY LAKE By T. Coraghessan Boyle. Viking. $16.95 w:The Philadelphia Inquirer 313 42 11 August 1985 9 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/173463709/ 3 The voice of Boyle’s Doctor Watson-ish narrator is deadpan-perfect (“Beersley was known for his composure, his stoicism, his relentless pursuit of the evidence under even the most distracting circumstances”), but the spoofy plot quickly becomes a tedious joke. en Charles Spencer A musical humming with ideas w:The Daily Telegraph 42,504 19 February 1992 16 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/751473528/ There’s strong support from Bryan Pringle as an anarchic, gravel-voiced Alfred Doolittle and Michael Medwin as an agreeably Doctor-Watsonish Col Pickering, and the stamping ensemble dance routines during such great numbers as With a Little Bit of Luck and Get Me to the Church on Time exude an infectious exuberance. en w:Quill & Quire 75 2009 32 3 https://books.google.com/books?id=c9ggAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Dr.%20Watsonish%22 Dr. Watsonish diagnostician Hamish Wakefield makes bull-headed statements but is easily offended, possibly due to being a closeted homosexual; en Pete Naughton Why radio trumped TV for royal baby coverage w:The Daily Telegraph 49,192 24 July 2013 30 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/754551767/ 2 Desolation Island, the fifth book in O’Brian’s Aubrey-Maturin series (Stephen Maturin being the Captain’s phlegmatic, slightly Dr Watson-ish sidekick and confidante), follows Aubrey’s new charge, the HMS Leopard, on a voyage from England to Botany Bay in Australia. Synonyms en Watsonian en Watsonish en eponyms en Sherlock Holmes