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workly

workly adjective: of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.

Adjective

workly (comparative more workly, superlative most workly)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.
    • workly nature
  2. (UK, dialectal) Diligent; industrious; given to work.

Forms of workly

comparativemore workly
superlativemost workly
alternative formwarkly

Origin of workly

From Middle English *workly, *werklich, from Old English *weorclīċ (“suitable for work”) (attested in unweorclīċ), equivalent to work + -ly. Compare Scots warkly (“diligent, industrious”), West Frisian werklik (“real, actual”), Dutch werkelijk (“real, actual, factual, effective”), German wirklich (“real, actual, true, substantial”), Hunsrik werklich, Swedish verklig (“real, actual, true”).

Questions about workly

What does workly mean?
Workly means of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.
What part of speech is workly?
Workly is an adjective.

Words near workly in the dictionary

  1. workloads
  2. worklog
  3. worklogs
  4. workloom
  5. worklooms
  6. workly
  7. workman
  8. workman's comp
  9. workman's compensation
  10. workmanlike
  11. workmanlikeness

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