work·a·day
(wûr′kə-dā′)adj.
1. Relating to or suited for working days: "With Monday the week resumed its workaday rhythm" (F. Scott Fitzgerald).
2. Ordinary or commonplace: "the practical, workaday world, of ... ordinary undistinguished things" (Lionel Trilling).
[From Middle English werkeday, workday : werke (alteration of work; see work) + day, day; see day.]
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workaday
(ˈwɜːkəˌdeɪ)adj (usually prenominal)
1. being a part of general human experience; ordinary
2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) suitable for working days; everyday or practical
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work•a•day
(ˈwɜr kəˌdeɪ)adj.
1. characteristic of or befitting working days or the workday.
2. ordinary; everyday; prosaic.
[1150–1200; earlier worky-day workday, alter. (by association with holiday) of Middle English werkeday, obscurely derived from work and day]
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| Adj. | 1. |  workaday - found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamantordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine" |
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workaday
adjective ordinary, common, familiar, practical, routine, everyday, commonplace, mundane, prosaic, run-of-the-mill, humdrum, bog-standard (Brit. & Irish slang) an escape from the tedium of the workaday world
different, special, exciting, rare, unusual, extraordinary, unfamiliar, uncommon, atypical
different, special, exciting, rare, unusual, extraordinary, unfamiliar, uncommon, atypical
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