Meaning of Dr. Watsonish | Babel Free

Definitions

Resembling or characteristic of the character Dr. Watson from the Sherlock Holmes stories.

Examples

““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.”

“To a cottage by the sea come⟳ a famous English detective and his very Dr. Watson[-]ish friend.”

“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.[…]””

“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.”

“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.”

“Joseph Sedley, a Dr. Watsonish-type character, provided some chuckles.”

“John Jericho has gained a Dr. Watsonish raconteur in Hugh Pentecost’s “Hide⟳ Her From Every Eye;” […]”

“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.”

“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).”

“In these pages, an astute Sherlock Holmesian character solves all kinds of mysteries with help⟳ from a somewhat inept Dr. Watsonish assistant.”

“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.”

“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.”

“[…] Dr. Watsonish diagnostician Hamish Wakefield makes bull-headed statements but is easily offended, possibly due to being a closeted homosexual; […]”

“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.”

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