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workaday — workaday, workday Workaday is now used only as an adjective in the meaning ‘ordinary, everyday’. The usual nouns for a day on which work is done are workday and working day. In AmE, workday also means ‘the part of the day used for work’ (as in an … Modern English usage
Workaday — Work a*day , n. See {Workyday}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
workaday — index household (familiar), ordinary, prevailing (current), regular (conventional), usual … Law dictionary
workaday — c.1200, werkedei, from O.N. virkr dagr working day; see WORK (Cf. work) (n.) + DAY (Cf. day). Older than workday (early 15c.). It passed into an adj. 16c … Etymology dictionary
workaday — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not unusual or interesting; ordinary … English terms dictionary
workaday — [wʉr′kə dā΄] adj. [ME werkedai < werk,WORK + e (prob. as in sunnedai,SUNDAY1, messeday, “mass day”) + dai,DAY] 1. of or suitable for working days; everyday 2. commonplace; ordinary … English World dictionary
workaday — adjective Etymology: alteration of earlier workyday, from obsolete workyday, noun workday Date: 1554 1. of, relating to, or suited for working days < workaday clothes > 2. ordinary, prosaic < workaday activities > < a workaday life > … New Collegiate Dictionary
workaday — [[t]wɜ͟ː(r)kədeɪ[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n Workaday means ordinary and not especially interesting or unusual. Enough of fantasy, the workaday world awaited him. Syn: everyday … English dictionary
workaday — adjective workaday prose our workaday lives Syn: ordinary, average, run of the mill, middle of the road, conventional, unremarkable, unexceptional, humdrum, undistinguished, commonplace, mundane, pedestrian; routine, everyday, day to day, ga … Thesaurus of popular words
workaday — Workyday Work y*day , n. [See {Workday}, {Workingday}.] A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively. [Written also {workiday}, and {workaday}.] [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster] Prithee, tell her but … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
workaday — adj. Workaday is used with these nouns: ↑world … Collocations dictionary
