Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of activity and work; laborious; industrious.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Full of work; diligent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective rare Full of
activity orwork ;laborious ;industrious .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful.
Hard Times 2002
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"Tales of a Traveller"; then follow three or four joyous and workful years in Spain, between Madrid, Seville, and the Alhambra.
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A couple of months later we rejoined Miss Marryat in Paris, where we spent seven happy, workful months.
An Autobiography Besant, Annie 1893
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Happy, healthy and workful were those too brief years.
Autobiographical Sketches Annie Wood Besant 1890
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A couple of months later we rejoined Miss Marryat in Paris, where we spent seven happy workful months.
Autobiographical Sketches Annie Wood Besant 1890
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A couple of months later we rejoined Miss Marryat in Paris, where we spent seven happy workful months.
Autobiographical Sketches Besant, Annie 1885
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Happy, healthy and workful were those too brief years.
Autobiographical Sketches Besant, Annie 1885
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You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful.
Hard Times 1876
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You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful.
Hard Times 1868
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You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful.
Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 1868
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