What does the drudgery of life mean?
: dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor the drudgery of his job.
How do you escape drudgery?
(1) Develop a healthy friends circle and catch up with them often. Do not allow boredom to set in. (2) Cater to harmless fancies like going to saloon, taking a massage, getting a make-over and do things to feel good about yourself. (3) Join a gym or yoga and be a part of good social or health clubs.
What does Skivvy mean in English?
female domestic servant
: a female domestic servant.
What does sheepishly mean?
1 : like a sheep (as in being meek or shy) 2 : feeling or showing embarrassment especially over being discovered having done something wrong or foolish a sheepish look. Other Words from sheepish. sheepishly adverb.
What’s another word for skivvy?
What is another word for skivvy?
| drudge | menial |
|---|---|
| drone | drudger |
| gofer | grub |
| grubber | grunt |
| houseboy | laborerUS |
What’s the skinny meaning?
US, informal. : the true information about someone or something that is not known by most people What’s the skinny on their supposed breakup? Give me the inside/straight/real skinny.
What’s the meaning of pointedly?
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishpoint‧ed‧ly /ˈpɔɪntɪdli/ adverb in a way that is deliberately meant to show that you are annoyed, bored, or disapprove of something She looked pointedly at the clock on the kitchen wall.
What does it mean to smile sheepishly?
If you wear a sheepish grin, you’re embarrassed. Similarly, if you’re feeling a bit sheepish, you’re probably wanting to hide away from the world.
What is the word skivvies mean?
US, informal. : underwear The swelter of summer can tempt even the most modest among us to strip down to our skivvies …— Oriana Schwindt.
Why do we say skinny?
To be skinny used to mean to be attractive, as in having beautiful skin, and it also meant “related to or affecting the skin,” so doctors might have talked about “skinny disorders” when referring to skin problems.
Why do people say here’s the skinny?
What does it mean to “get the skinny” on something and where did such an expression come from? The urban dictionary says the word skinny means the low-down, or the inside information. A reader commented that this term is a USMC term for information.
What does Pointendly mean?
(poin′tĭd) adj. 1. Having an end coming to a point. 2.
