deskbound, desk-bound
(adjective) restricted to working in an office rather than in an active physical capacity
Source: WordNet® 3.1
deskbound (not comparable)
(of an employee) Whose work confines him or her to a desk.
The deskbound police officer had no opportunity to deal with street crime.
Source: Wiktionary
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
