workaday
workaday · more workaday · most workaday
Alltags-, alltäglich
Suitable for everyday useSuitable for everyday use.
UK/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/US/ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/
» The hedge, in point of fact, is the main shelter and asylum for beasties great and small in our workaday England.
Meaning
2 sensesSuitable for everyday use.
Alltags-
Mundane or commonplace.
Alltags-, alltäglich
More definitions
- found in the ordinary course of events
Examples
1 sentencesThe hedge, in point of fact, is the main shelter and asylum for beasties great and small in our workaday England.
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
suitable for everyday use:
mundane or commonplace:
Origin
Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workdMiddle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.
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Forms
more workaday, most workaday| Comparative | more workaday Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most workaday Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
51 synonymseverydayA1generalB1regularA2averageA2basicA2commonA2frequentB1pedestrianC2plainB1routineB1usualA2ordinaryB1typicalB1consistentB2
Close in meaning
- found in the ordinary course of events:everydaymundanequotidianroutineunremarkable
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedworkday
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form