Dictionary entry

Workaday

Pronunciation: /ˈwəːkədeɪ/

Pronunciation

/ˈwəːkədeɪ/

Myanmar Meaning

သာမာန်ဖြစ်သော။ နေ့စဉ်ဖြစ်သော။ လက်တွေ့ကျသော။

Definition

workaday /'wɜ:kǝdeÇ/ adj …ေနက်။ သာမန္။ ႐ိုး႐ိုး။ simple workaday food.

Examples

  1. ‘Though in the ordinary
  2. workaday world
  3. you find yourself with not a friend about you
  4. step into the other world
  5. and a universe of friends
  6. this great
  7. glorious brotherhood
  8. will be there for you.’
  9. ‘Meanwhile
  10. in the workaday world
  11. women receive just 76 cents for every dollar paid to men for comparable jobs.’
  12. ‘The interpenetration of the worldly and the otherworldly
  13. the mundane and the spiritual
  14. the workaday and the worshipful
  15. enrich our folklore as well as our classics.’
  16. ‘On a workaday basis
  17. it doesn't matter much
  18. to be honest.’
  19. ‘The old pilgrim paths sometimes beckon to us
  20. teasing us from the routine of workaday lives with promises of spiritual glory and glimmers of the Divine
  21. however we interpret that deeply human need.’
  22. ‘But she also appreciates her surroundings and her community
  23. and looks for her place among the sloping streets and workaday routines.’
  24. ‘The routine
  25. workaday books that keep rolling off printing machines and that one lives and works with today share very little of that quality
  26. or that sensibility.’
  27. ‘Though they share nothing in upbringing
  28. they have already found that they have a workaday attitude to showbiz in common.’
  29. ‘But they are vastly outnumbered by packs of a more workaday character.’
  30. ‘Then there is the stuff of workaday journalism
  31. rather like an ordinary meal one has to plough through
  32. a chore worthwhile only for whatever nutritional value there may be.’
  33. ‘White opened up at a ferocious pace
  34. hitting nicks from all angles
  35. 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.’
  36. ‘In those days a whole host of pots could be found in gardens
  37. including long-toms and workaday pots as well as rhubarb and kale-forcing pots
  38. all made from terracotta.’
  39. ‘Our fear
  40. guilt
  41. and
  42. occasionally
  43. 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.’
  44. ‘An affectionate arm around the shoulders
  45. a warm and reassuring hug
  46. a gentle touch upon the arm
  47. even just an understanding glance
  48. are enough to drive away the blues and kindle hope in a heart beset with workaday cares.’
  49. ‘Somehow Ludwig seemed to have succeeded in functioning in the mundane
  50. workaday world and still keep a spiritual perspective on matters.’
  51. ‘At first glance
  52. shampoo is one of the most functional and workaday elements in your beauty routine.’
  53. ‘First
  54. 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.’
  55. ‘Some people think that the idea of a fairy tale romance is unrealistic
  56. that it sets too high a standard and leaves you feeling disappointed in real-life
  57. workaday relationships.’
  58. ‘Smither's patient way of painting