worklike
adjEtymology From work + -like.
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Characteristic of or resembling work.
- The Letters [of Jean Rhys], alas, are nowhere as interesting as the novels. We do get to see another side of Rhys, which is nowhere evident in the fiction — a dreary, work-like attitude which belies the faded, expiring tone of the novels.1985 February 2, Tim Broadbent, “Kindred Spirits (review)”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 10:
- In reality, training, for some children, is worklike and potentially could lead to significant harm by adversely affecting the child's development.1993, Martin J Lee, Coaching children in sport: principles and practice: