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workaday

 
Dictionary: work·a·day   (wûr'kə-dā') pronunciation
 
adj.
  1. Relating to or suited for working days; everyday.
  2. Mundane; commonplace: “the practical, workaday world, of … ordinary undistinguished things” (Lionel Trilling).

[From Middle English werkeday, workday : werke (alteration of work; see work) + day, day; see day.]


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adjective

    Of or suitable for ordinary days or routine occasions: everyday, quotidian, workday. See good/bad, usual/unusual.

 
WordNet: workaday
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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: found in the ordinary course of events
  Synonyms: everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable


 
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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - hverdags-, kedsommelig

Nederlands (Dutch)
dagelijks, alledaags

Français (French)
adj. - de routine, ordinaire

Deutsch (German)
adj. - alltäglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - καθημερινός, (μτφ.) κοινός, συνηθισμένος

Italiano (Italian)
quotidiano

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - relativo a dias úteis, comum

Русский (Russian)
рабочий день, обыденный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - de todos los días, laborable, ordinario

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - alldaglig

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
工作日的, 普通的, 平常日子的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 工作日的, 普通的, 平常日子的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일하는 날의, 평일의, 실제적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 平日の, 平凡な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يومي, عاد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮רגיל, שגרתי, יומיומי, מתאים ליום עבודה, מעשי‬


 
 
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