workaday

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. found in the ordinary course of events“a placid everyday scene”“it was a routine day”“there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute — Anita Diamant”Synonyms: everydaymundanequotidianroutineunremarkable
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Workaday \Work"a*day`\, n. See Workyday. [1913 Webster]

Workyday \Work"y*day`\, n. [See Workday, Workingday.] A week day or working day, as distinguished from Sunday or a holiday. Also used adjectively. [Written also workiday, and workaday.] [Obs. or Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Prithee, tell her but a workyday fortune. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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