"workly" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more workly [comparative], most workly [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English *workly, *werklich, from Old English *weorclīċ (“suitable for work”) (attested in unweorclīċ), equivalent to work + -ly. Compare Scots warkly (“diligent, industrious”), West Frisian werklik (“real, actual”), Dutch werkelijk (“real, actual, factual, effective”), German wirklich (“real, actual, true, substantial”), Hunsrik werklich, Swedish verklig (“real, actual, true”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|*workly}} Middle English *workly, {{m|enm|*werklich}} *werklich, {{inh|en|ang|*weorclīċ||suitable for work}} Old English *weorclīċ (“suitable for work”), {{m|ang|unweorclīċ}} unweorclīċ, {{gloss|attested in <i class="Latn mention" lang="ang">unweorclīċ</i>}} (attested in unweorclīċ), {{suffix|en|work|ly|id2=adjectival}} work + -ly, {{cog|sco|warkly||diligent, industrious}} Scots warkly (“diligent, industrious”), {{cog|fy|werklik||real, actual}} West Frisian werklik (“real, actual”), {{cog|nl|werkelijk||real, actual, factual, effective}} Dutch werkelijk (“real, actual, factual, effective”), {{cog|de|wirklich||real, actual, true, substantial}} German wirklich (“real, actual, true, substantial”), {{cog|hrx|werklich}} Hunsrik werklich, {{cog|sv|verklig||real, actual, true}} Swedish verklig (“real, actual, true”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} workly (comparative more workly, superlative most workly)
  1. (philosophy, art, linguistics) Of, pertaining to, or performing some action or work; performative. Categories (topical): Art, Linguistics, Philosophy
    Sense id: en-workly-en-adj-7uXIKGaw Topics: art, arts, human-sciences, linguistics, philosophy, sciences
  2. (UK dialectal) Diligent; industrious; given to work. Tags: UK, dialectal
    Sense id: en-workly-en-adj-LxdeAA5x Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: warkly [Scotland] Related terms: thingly

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