workish
adjEtymology From work + -ish.
1
Characteristic or typical of work; relating to work.
- If you are attending a professional affair, then your dress must be toned down; even a smart pant ensemble will suffice. You may look more “workish,” but what comes out of your lips should be no different than that at a party.2010, Kim Izzo, Ceri Marsh, The Fabulous Girl's Guide to Decorum:
- However, Jack commented in his diary that the retreat was “not too workish, but then most occasions minimum on labor these days,” work being a component of all early Kirkridge retreats.2012, Rita M. Yeasted, Jon: John Oliver Nelson and the Movement for Power in the Church: