Worklike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of or resembling work.

    "The Letters [of Jean Rhys], alas, are nowhere as interesting as the novels. We do get to see another side of Rhys, which is nowhere evident in the fiction — a dreary, work-like attitude which belies the faded, expiring tone of the novels."

Synonyms

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"The Letters [of Jean Rhys], alas, are nowhere as interesting as the novels. We do get to see another side of Rhys, which is nowhere evident in the fiction — a dreary, work-like attitude which belies the faded, expiring tone of the novels."

Etymology

From work + -like.

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