Dictionary entry
Workaday
Pronunciation: /ˈwəːkədeɪ/
Pronunciation
/ˈwəːkədeɪ/
Myanmar Meaning
သာမာန်ဖြစ်သော။ နေ့စဉ်ဖြစ်သော။ လက်တွေ့ကျသော။
Definition
workaday /'wɜ:kǝdeÇ/ adj …ေနက်။ သာမန္။ ႐ိုး႐ိုး။ simple workaday food.
Examples
- ‘Though in the ordinary
- workaday world
- you find yourself with not a friend about you
- step into the other world
- and a universe of friends
- this great
- glorious brotherhood
- will be there for you.’
- ‘Meanwhile
- in the workaday world
- women receive just 76 cents for every dollar paid to men for comparable jobs.’
- ‘The interpenetration of the worldly and the otherworldly
- the mundane and the spiritual
- the workaday and the worshipful
- enrich our folklore as well as our classics.’
- ‘On a workaday basis
- it doesn't matter much
- to be honest.’
- ‘The old pilgrim paths sometimes beckon to us
- teasing us from the routine of workaday lives with promises of spiritual glory and glimmers of the Divine
- however we interpret that deeply human need.’
- ‘But she also appreciates her surroundings and her community
- and looks for her place among the sloping streets and workaday routines.’
- ‘The routine
- workaday books that keep rolling off printing machines and that one lives and works with today share very little of that quality
- or that sensibility.’
- ‘Though they share nothing in upbringing
- they have already found that they have a workaday attitude to showbiz in common.’
- ‘But they are vastly outnumbered by packs of a more workaday character.’
- ‘Then there is the stuff of workaday journalism
- rather like an ordinary meal one has to plough through
- a chore worthwhile only for whatever nutritional value there may be.’
- ‘White opened up at a ferocious pace
- hitting nicks from all angles
- powering balls to the deep court on either hand and slamming in three-wall-nick shots at such regular intervals that it came to look like a common workaday shot.’
- ‘In those days a whole host of pots could be found in gardens
- including long-toms and workaday pots as well as rhubarb and kale-forcing pots
- all made from terracotta.’
- ‘Our fear
- guilt
- and
- occasionally
- even jealousy over the way the elderly are separated from workaday reality has led us to think about the ‘golden years’ as something that takes place in another realm.’
- ‘An affectionate arm around the shoulders
- a warm and reassuring hug
- a gentle touch upon the arm
- even just an understanding glance
- are enough to drive away the blues and kindle hope in a heart beset with workaday cares.’
- ‘Somehow Ludwig seemed to have succeeded in functioning in the mundane
- workaday world and still keep a spiritual perspective on matters.’
- ‘At first glance
- shampoo is one of the most functional and workaday elements in your beauty routine.’
- ‘First
- I had yearned to escape the workaday world where I went about my quotidian tasks and routines and travel to an isolated place filled with natural beauty and silence for my writers retreat.’
- ‘Some people think that the idea of a fairy tale romance is unrealistic
- that it sets too high a standard and leaves you feeling disappointed in real-life
- workaday relationships.’
- ‘Smither's patient way of painting