Worky

/ˈwɜːki/ · adjective

Meaning

Characterized by or pertaining to work..

Definitions by Sense

1. Characterized by or pertaining to work.
2. Especially of attire: appropriate for work.
3. Requiring much work.
4. Tending to be very serious about work.
5. (obsolete) Showing the effect of much effort and work.
6. Alternative spelling of workie.

Example Sentences

The vvorky-daies are the back-part; / The burden of the vveek lies there, / Making the vvhole to ſtoup and bovv, / Till thy [God's] releaſe appeare.

I have had no duties of the worky sort except taking care of my own room, paying some attention to Mother and Ellen when sick and teaching Ellen and Richard two afternoons in the week.

[I]n poetry the lights are triumphant—and gazing on the glory men's hearts burn within them—and they carry the joy in among their own griefs, till despondency gives way to exultation, and the day's darg of this worky world is lightened by a dawn of dreams.

There is no end of the epigrams and witticisms which she can throw out, this elegant Mrs. T., on people who marry for love, lead prosy, worky lives, and put on their best cap with pink ribbons for Sunday.

These are not necessarily melancholy days; they are very worky, playful, enjoyable ones to those who keep well and busy.

The Fours are having a very worky morning.

If you're reading this, I've popped my clogs from too much worky-boring-thinky stuff and not enough menacing.

The problem with the meet-me-at-a-bar date is that I want to look as great as possible, without looking like I've made too much effort. Dresses feel too dressy, skirts too girly, tanks too booby, shirts too worky, and then of course we have the whole shoes issue.

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Word Forms

• workier
• workiest
• workies

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