Meaning of worky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Characterized by or pertaining to work.
   informal
2. Especially of attire: appropriate for work.
   informal
3. Requiring much work.
   informal
4. Tending to be very serious about work.
   informal
5. Showing the effect of much effort and work.
   informal, obsolete

Examples

“The vvorky-daies are the back-part; / The burden of the vveek lies there, / Making the vvhole to ſtoup and bovv, / Till thy [God's] releaſe appeare.”

“I have⟳ had no duties of the worky sort⟳ except taking care of my own⟳ room, paying some attention to Mother and Ellen when sick and teaching Ellen and Richard two afternoons in the week.”

“[I]n poetry the lights are triumphant—and gazing on the glory men's hearts burn within them—and they carry⟳ the joy in among their own⟳ griefs, till despondency gives way to exultation, and the day's darg of this worky world is lightened by a dawn of dreams.”

“There is no end⟳ of the epigrams and witticisms which she can throw⟳ out, this elegant Mrs. T., on people who marry⟳ for love⟳, lead⟳ prosy, worky lives, and put⟳ on their best cap with pink ribbons for Sunday.”

“These are not necessarily melancholy days; they are very worky, playful, enjoyable ones to those who keep⟳ well and busy.”

“The Fours are having a very worky morning.”

“If you're reading this, I've popped my clogs from too much worky-boring-thinky stuff and not enough menacing.”

“The problem with the meet-me-at-a-bar date⟳ is that I want⟳ to look⟳ as great as possible, without looking like⟳ I've made too much effort. Dresses feel⟳ too dressy, skirts too girly, tanks too booby, shirts too worky, and then of course we have⟳ the whole shoes issue⟳.”

“The secretary prints out a schedule⟳ and gives us our e-mail log-in and password, then says, "Hold⟳ on a minute" and comes back with someone who looks like⟳ a student, except that her clothes are a little worky.”

“Richard's Caſtle ſtandeth at the top of a very vvorky hill, vvell vvooded, and at the vveſt end⟳ of the Pariſh Church there.”

“Estate planners seldom recommend⟳ partial QTIP elections, and most people who create⟳ QTIPs, and their executors, don't bother with them. They're just too worky and complicated.”

“[N]ot only will you need⟳ pricey insurance, but you'll probably want⟳ to form⟳ a corporation or limited liability company to protect⟳ your personal assets. All this may be fine for someone in the real estate business, but is far too worky for a savvy peasant who already has a busy life.”

“If, in your state, foreclosures proceed without court supervision (nonjudicial foreclosure), then you'll have⟳ to bring⟳ your own⟳ lawsuit—a more worky and costly process⟳.”

“Mom made sure we all knew the meaning of hard work⟳, too. Many a Saturday morning began with the words I came to dread: "Today is the workiest of work⟳ days!" she would cheerfully announce⟳. […] Mom had our full attention and a long list of chores to get⟳ done around the house.”

“Work⟳ is so worky today, y'all. We're short, we're proning three pts, and have⟳ paralyzed a fourth.”

“Angelo has an important deadline, so he is all worky today.”

“[…] Jasper is lazy as a dawg, so he wouldn't be much use⟳ to you, but Sexton's more worky … he could help⟳ you pull⟳ your skiff.”

“You will come⟳ here first. Don't arrive⟳ of course sans le me faire savoir [without letting me know⟳]. I am very busy, very worky.”

“Ye Gods, I know⟳ what would happen⟳ to me, if I knew what my liability was in advance. I would be the planniest, schemiest, workiest citizen to get⟳ that covered just like⟳ we cover⟳ our overhead.”

“Pam's always been very worky; now I'm worky, too. We're quite a worky couple, and if one of us isn't working at any given moment that person feels guilty before the other and has to explain⟳ and justify⟳. That's why our relationship works, I think⟳: because we work⟳ together on various projects. We don't have⟳ time to argue⟳.”

“[T]he "workier" you are, the healthier you become⟳. […] Your work⟳ is the most economic gymnasium of all time. Hard work⟳ doesn't kill⟳; it only refines.”

“From England we came by the overland mail, / Waghorny quickly done; / […] / Where the sign⟳ of a dragon turns nobody pale; / But simply inspires a thought of pale ale, / With its whisky, frisky, worky, jerky, / Hoppery, poppery, spittery, bittery, / Frolicking frothy fun.”

“More water or meglip must be added as occasion requires [when painting on china]; but too much of the former is apt to produce⟳ a very worky appearance, and if too much of the latter is used the color will take⟳ a long time to dry.”

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