workaday — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Suitable for everyday use.

   Synonyms

   everydaygeneralregular

2. Mundane or commonplace.

   Synonyms

   garden varietyordinarytypical

   Examples

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   A retreat, my dear boys, signifies a withdrawal for a while from the cares of our life, the cares of this workaday world, in order to examine the state of our conscience, to reflect on the mysteries of holy religion and to understand better why we are here in this world."

   But then something started to shift—the Burning Man aesthetic was creeping into the workaday world; festival culture went mainstream.

Noun

1. A workday.

   Usage

   • Archaic
   • dialectal

Adjective

1. found in the ordinary course of events

   Synonyms

   everydaymundanequotidianroutineunremarkable

   Examples

   a placid everyday scene

   it was a routine day