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workaday Definition

worka·day (wʉr′kə dā′)

adjective

  1. of or suitable for working days; everyday
  2. commonplace; ordinary

Etymology: ME werkedai < werk, work + -e- (prob. as in sunnedai, Sunday, messeday, “mass day”) + dai, day

workaday Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • world: Let us escape from this weary workaday world by the side door of music.
  • condition: Ex-works engines, engines awaiting scrap and in workaday condition, and stripped down in the works are all included.
  • life: The question is whether we can find secreted in the language of a particular text the bustling, workaday life of the common people.
  • town: Badami, a workaday country town, sits beside a picturesque lake close to clusters of remarkable ancient temples.
  • machine: More... 26th June 2006 Bikes: 1965 AJS Model 18 Traditional British singles tend to be solid, dependable workaday machines.
  • material: We have seen a clear division in earlier music between ' thematic ' foreground ideas and workaday subsidiary materials that supported them.