worklike

comparative more worklike · superlative most worklike

1. Characteristic of or resembling work.

   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

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   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

   Synonyms: workish, worky