worklike
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of or resembling work.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "In reality, training, for some children, is worklike and potentially could lead to significant harm by adversely affecting the child's development."
Etymology
From work + -like.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more worklike (comparative)
most worklike (superlative)