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wearier

 

  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Weary  \Wea"ry\,  a.  [Compar.  {Wearier};  superl.  {Weariest}.]  [OE. 
  weri,  AS  w?rig;  akin  to  OS  w?rig,  OHG.  wu?rag;  of  uncertain 
  origin;  cf  AS  w?rian  to  ramble.] 
  1.  Having  the  strength  exhausted  by  toil  or  exertion;  worn 
  out  in  respect  to  strength,  endurance,  etc.;  tired; 
  fatigued. 
 
  I  care  not  for  my  spirits  if  my  legs  were  not  weary. 
  --Shak. 
 
  [I]  am  weary,  thinking  of  your  task.  --Longfellow. 
 
  2.  Causing  weariness;  tiresome.  ``Weary  way.''  --Spenser. 
  ``There  passed  a  weary  time.''  --Coleridge. 
 
  3.  Having  one's  patience,  relish,  or  contentment  exhausted; 
  tired;  sick;  --  with  of  before  the  cause  as  weary  of 
  marching,  or  of  confinement;  weary  of  study. 
 
  Syn:  Fatigued;  tiresome;  irksome;  wearisome.




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