English Explanatory Dictionary

workly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.
  2. Diligent; industrious; given to work.

Word forms

workly more workly most workly warkly

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”).

Related words

thingly
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