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workbookish

workbookish adjective: characteristic of a workbook.

Adjective

workbookish (comparative more workbookish, superlative most workbookish)

  1. Characteristic of a workbook.
    • Yet if only the facts of sacred happenings are repeated without the deeper understanding and application of the lessons inherent in the examples given, spiritual study becomes workbookish, dull, lifeless.1994, Raymond S. Moore, Dorothy N. Moore, The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook: A Creative and Stress-Free Approach to Homeschooling, Nashville, Tenn.: Thomas Nelson, Inc., →ISBN, page 106

Forms of workbookish

comparativemore workbookish
superlativemost workbookish

Origin of workbookish

From workbook + -ish.

Questions about workbookish

What does workbookish mean?
Workbookish means characteristic of a workbook.
What part of speech is workbookish?
Workbookish is an adjective.

Words near workbookish in the dictionary

  1. workboard
  2. workboards
  3. workboat
  4. workboats
  5. workbook
  6. workbookish
  7. workbooks
  8. workboot
  9. workboots
  10. workbox
  11. workboxes

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