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What is the adjective for workly?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs work, workshop and worke which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

working
  1. That is or are functioning.
  2. That suffices but requires additional work.
  3. In paid employment.
  4. Of or relating to employment.
  5. Enough to allow one to use something.
  6. Synonyms:
      7. functioning, active, going, operational, running, operating, functional, operative, alive, live, living, serviceable, usable, firing, moving, on, dynamic, hot, up and running, in process, in working order, on track, in force, in full swing, in gear, on fire, on the job, able to function, firing on all cylinders, in operation, in use, in action, effective, in effect, workable, viable, at work, in service, in commission, current, practicable, efficient, valid, useful, existing, acting, existent, extant, persisting, ongoing … more
  7. Examples:
      8. “Could we install a working coffee machine for a change, instead of one that breaks down regularly?”
      “The majority of the working population in the country were employed in governmental positions.”
      “Musicians require a working knowledge of rhythm and melody.”
worked
  1. Designed or executed in a particular manner or to a particular degree.
  2. Wrought.
    1. Processed in a particular way; prepared via labour.
    2. Decorated or embellished; embroidered.
  3. Prepared so as to demonstrate the steps required.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. treated, wrought, processed, created, fashioned, produced, manufactured, constructed, twisted, ornamented, hammered, made, shaped, finished, elaborated, molded, formed, bent, moulded … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Although there are minor differences in the style of worked curlicue or the gauge of the steel, they are all much of a muchness.”
workless
  1. Devoid of work.
  2. Having no work to do; unemployed.
  3. (obsolete) Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. unoccupied, idle, inactive, unemployed, free, jobless, unengaged, disengaged, lazy, quiescent, out of work, without work, at leisure, not busy, not tied up, not at work, with time to spare, at a loose end, at loose ends, between jobs, out of a job, on the wallaby track, unwaged, without gainful employment, not working, out of action, redundant, resting, disemployed, underemployed, without paid employment, down and out, on the shelf, without employment, out-of-work, on the bench, laid off, signing on, on the dole, available, off, accessible, spare, untaken, at ease, not occupied, at rest, unfilled, leisure, unused … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Finally, the level of state benefits for workless and low-paid parents also affects each nation's child poverty rate.”
      “Families collapse under pressure from unpaid bills, as angry workless parents or adult children at home grow more depressed and unemployable.”
      “If we look at the number of brains since the world beginning, workers will never be workless.”
workly
  1. (philosophy) Of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative.
  2. (Britain dialectal) Diligent; industrious; given to work.
worksome
  1. (archaic) Characterised by work; industrious; diligent.
  2. Laborious; work-intensive.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. laborious, arduous, hard, difficult, demanding, tough, strenuous, exacting, gruelling, challenging, taxing, grueling, heavy, toilsome, rigorous, onerous, formidable, exhausting, uphill, tiring, testing, severe, trying, punishing, rough, backbreaking, burdensome, fatiguing, murderous, herculean, wearying, rugged, wearing, wearisome, moiling, hellacious, effortful, tall, killer, sweaty, tedious, killing, tiresome, enervating, Augean, exigent, knackering, Herculean, irksome, operose … more
workish
  1. Resembling or relating to work; characteristic or typical of work
  2. (Britain, dialectal) Fond of work; industrious; diligent
workable
  1. Capable of functioning.
  2. Able to be worked or fashioned
  3. Synonyms:
      4. practical, functional, useful, usable, practicable, working, serviceable, useable, actionable, applicable, applicative, applied, ultrapractical, exploitable, viable, operative, effective, fit, functioning, operational, employable, efficient, sound, available, feasible, running, convenient, accessible, in working order, utile, operable, ready, valuable, adequate, valid, doable, constructive, sensible, operating, up and running, productive, pragmatic, efficacious, going, realistic, helpful, handy, good, utilizable, beneficial … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “This seems to me an eminently practical and workable scheme of legislation.”
      “However, too little information will not provide enough background or nuance for students to find a workable solution.”
      “He has been whipped into line and made to vote against legislation that he knows is eminently sensible and very workable.”
workful
  1. (rare) Full of activity or work; laborious; industrious.
workerlike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of a worker (especially a worker bee).
worky
  1. (informal) Of or pertaining to work; tending to be too serious about work.
workfree
  1. Free from having to work; voluntarily unemployed.
wrought
  1. Having been worked or prepared somehow.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. processed, worked, produced, manufactured, constructed, created, twisted, elaborated, fashioned, finished, formed, hammered, made, moulded, molded, ornamented, shaped, bent, treated, assembled, completed, fabricated, erected, built, put together … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Before a few stood braziers and campfires from the night before, allowing for a few of the arrows to be wrought in flame.”
worklike
  1. Resembling or characteristic of work.
  2. Examples:
      3. “In reality, training, for some children, is worklike and potentially could lead to significant harm by adversely affecting the child's development.”
workshopped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of workshop
workshopping
  1. present participle of workshop
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