work-a-day
work-a-day is the alternative form of workaday.
Meaning of workaday
Adjective
workaday (comparative more workaday, superlative most workaday)
- Suitable for everyday use.
- Synonyms:
- everyday, general, regular, average, basic, bog-standard, common, common as bums, common as dirt, common as muck
- Mundane or commonplace.
- A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."1916, James Joyce, chapter III, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 124
- Synonyms:
- garden variety, ordinary, typical, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, common, commonplace, common-and-garden
Forms of work-a-day
| comparative | more work-a-day |
|---|---|
| superlative | most work-a-day |
Questions about work-a-day
- What is work-a-day the alternative form of?
- Work-a-day is the alternative form of workaday.
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