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Workly

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.

    "workly nature"

  2. 2
    Diligent; industrious; given to work. UK, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle English *workly, *werklich, from Old English *weorclīċ (“suitable for work”) (attested in unweorclīċ), equivalent to work + -ly. Compare Scots warkly (“diligent, industrious”), West Frisian werklik (“real, actual”), Dutch werkelijk (“real, actual, factual, effective”), German wirklich (“real, actual, true, substantial”), Hunsrik werklich, Swedish verklig (“real, actual, true”).

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