workaday
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈwɜrkəˌdeɪ/
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- The artist often drew inspiration from the workaday scenes he observed during his daily commute.
- the workaday world
- workaday activities
These weren't your workaday champagne intercourse shindigs.
- These weren't your workaday champagne intercourse shindigs.
Examples
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With whom should Russia align to advance its workaday interests?
Academic text (2001) -
Lights and signs erase the workaday world and create in their place one of festivity (Jackson 1956-1957).
Academic text (1998) -
As I go about my workaday life, I get an idea about something.
Blog text (16) -
Just a workaday, retired cop trying to earn a few dollars to supplement my pension.
Fiction book (1991) -
Many neurons seem to have rather boring workaday lives.
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On the other hand, there might be times when your orderly left brain can serve a purpose beyond its workaday chores.
Academic text (2010) -
I'm stuck with the chore, the workaday rhythm, like pulling rocks from the soil, a job never done.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was in my own self-imposed exile that year from the conservative Republican zeitgeist and from the workaday world.
Academic text (2001) -
While Samarkand is legendary for its opulent silks and exotic teas, plant geneticist Percival was there for workaday cotton.
Academic text (1996) -
After a long week, she was grateful to return to her cozy, workaday routine at home.
Synonyms
276
1.0
Ordinary clothes or things used in daily life, not for special occasions
263
1.0
Happening as a usual part of daily life
80
4.3
Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring
20
3.5
Being ordinary and not interesting
3
8.2
Common events or things that happen every day
Antonyms
How Ordinary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Workaday comes from the idea of a 'work-day', made of work and day, meaning a regular day for work rather than a holiday. So workaday describes something 'ordinary' or 'everyday'.