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wearily

/ˈweɹəli/WEH-ruh-lee
/ˈwɛɹəli/WEH-ruh-lee

Meaningin a tired way

Common meaning: tiredly

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwerigsourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwerysource
  3. Englishweary‘tired’
  4. Englishformed in English from wearywearily‘tiredly’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from weary + -ly.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), WEARY, p.700 · scan

Source words

  • werig Old English · source word “tired out”

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