workaday
/ˈwɜr kə ˌdeɪ/
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Definition(s):
- (adj) found in the ordinary course of events
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Usage(s):
- Then there are the workaday renovations: the store-bought zest that transforms the meat loaf, the iced tea in a bottle you can take on the run.
- Most of the locals get many decades of workaday use out of their sarcophagi before pressing them into service as eternal resting places.
- True enough: it's hard to think of a workaday downside to pairing your black shoes with a brown belt.
Quotes
- Or as journalism professor Mitchell Stephens explains, "As they tell their stories, all journalists are encumbered with belief systems, social positions, workaday routines, and professional obligations--all of which affect their selection and...on Sep 23, 2004 By: Mitchell Stephens Source: The American Enterprise Online
- Xinran writes, "While men are believed to be the strong providers, the roof-beams holding up the house, women are merely fragile, workaday tools, to be used and discarded. Whenever I visit [China], I see hundreds of chopstick girls becoming part of...on Jun 29, 2007 By: Xinran Xue Source: Scotsman
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