Definition of workbookish - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

education

Rare

overly focused on exercises and drills

Rare

His teaching method was too workbookish for creative subjects.

book

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resembling a workbook in format or style

Rare

The teacher's guide was very workbookish, with exercises and questions.

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Origin of workbookish

work (labor) + book (record) + -ish (like)

Examples of workbookish in a sentence

Her approach to language learning was workbookish, focusing only on drills.
The manual was too workbookish for casual reading.
His notes were organized in a workbookish manner.

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French:scolaire, ...
German:übungsorientiert, arbeitsheftartig, ...
Italian:troppo concentrato sui compiti, simile a un quaderno di esercizi, ...
Spanish:demasiado enfocado en ejercicios, de estilo cuaderno, ...
Portuguese:excessivamente focado em exercícios, formato de caderno de exercícios, ...
Chinese:过于注重练习的, 像练习册的, ...
Japanese:練習重視の, ワークブックのような, ...
Arabic:تَمرِينِيّ, تماريني, ...
Hebrew:עוֹסֵק בִּתְרַגִּילִים, בְּסִגְנוֹן חוֹבֶרֶת, ...
Russian:ориентированный на упражнения, как рабочая тетрадь, ...
Ukrainian:зосереджений на вправах, схожий на робочий зошит, ...
Hindi:अभ्यास-केंद्रित, कार्यपुस्तक जैसा, ...
Bengali:অনুশীলন-কেন্দ্রিক, ওয়ার্কবুকের মতো, ...
Catalan:massa centrat en exercicis, semblant a un quadern d'exercicis, ...
Czech:mechanický, sešitový, ...
Danish:for øvelsesorienteret, arbejdsbogsagtig, ...
Dutch:oefeninggericht, werkboekachtig, ...
Greek:υπερβολικά ασκησιοκεντρικός, σαν βιβλίο εργασίας, ...
Hungarian:feladatközpontú, feladatlapos, ...
Khmer:ផ្តោតខ្លាំងពេកលើលំហាត់ និងការហាត់ដដែលៗ, មានទម្រង់ ឬរចនាប័ទ្មដូចសៀវភៅលំហាត់, ...
Korean:연습 중심의, 워크북 같은, ...
Persian:تمرین محور, کتاب کار مانند, ...
Polish:skupiony na ćwiczeniach, w stylu podręcznika, ...
Portuguese (BR):excessivamente focado em exercícios, formato de caderno de exercícios, ...
Romanian:prea axat pe exerciții, asemănător unui caiet de lucru, ...
Swedish:övningsfokuserad, arbetsboksliknande, ...
Thai:เน้นแบบฝึกหัด, เหมือนหนังสือแบบฝึกหัด, ...
Turkish:alıştırma odaklı, çalışma kitabı gibi, ...
Vietnamese:tập trung vào bài tập, giống sách bài tập, ...

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Definition of workbookish - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

Origin of workbookish

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