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1  [won] adjective, wan⋅ner, wan⋅nest, verb, wanned, wan⋅ning.
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–adjective
1. of an unnatural or sickly pallor; pallid; lacking color: His wan face suddenly flushed.
2. showing or suggesting ill health, fatigue, unhappiness, etc.: a wan look; a wan smile.
3. lacking in forcefulness, competence, or effectiveness: their wan attempts to organize the alumni.
4. Archaic.
a. dark or gloomy.
b. pale in color or hue.
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object)
5. to become or make wan.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE wann dark, gloomy

Related forms:
wanly, adverb
wanness, noun

Synonyms:
1. ashen. See pale 1 . 3. feeble, weak, half-hearted, lame.

Antonyms:
1. ruddy.
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wan   (wŏn)   
adj.   wan·ner, wan·nest
  1. Unnaturally pale, as from physical or emotional distress.
  2. Suggestive or indicative of weariness, illness, or unhappiness; melancholy: a wan expression.
intr.v.   wanned, wan·ning, wans
To become pale.

[Middle English, pale, gloomy, from Old English wann, gloomy, dark.]
wan'ly adv., wan'ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Wanly

Wan"ly\, adv. In a wan, or pale, manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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