workaday

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective found in the ordinary course of events; ; ; - Anita Diamant

Etymology

Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.

In classic literature

Synonyms

everyday, mundane, quotidian, routine, unremarkable

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