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wearily

[weer-ee] Origin

wea·ry

[weer-ee] adjective, -ri·er, -ri·est, verb, -ried, -ry·ing.
adjective
1.
physically or mentally exhausted by hard work, exertion, strain, etc.; fatigued; tired: weary eyes; a weary brain.
2.
characterized by or causing fatigue: a weary journey.
3.
impatient or dissatisfied with something (often followed by of): weary of excuses.
4.
characterized by or causing impatience or dissatisfaction; tedious; irksome: a weary wait.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5.
to make or become weary; fatigue or tire: The long hours of work have wearied me.
6.
to make or grow impatient or dissatisfied with something or at having too much of something (often followed by of): The long drive had wearied us of desert scenery. We had quickly wearied at such witless entertainment.

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Wearily is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.

Origin:
before 900; (adj.) Middle English wery, Old English wērig; cognate with Old Saxon -wōrig; akin to Old English wōrian to crumble, break down, totter; (v.) Middle English werien, Old English wēr(i)gian, derivative of the adj.

wea·ri·ly, adverb
wea·ri·ness, noun
wea·ry·ing·ly, adverb
out·wea·ry, verb (used with object), -ried, -ry·ing.
self-wea·ri·ness, noun
EXPAND
self-wea·ry, adjective
un·wea·ry, adjective
un·wea·ry·ing, adjective
COLLAPSE

wary, weary, leery.


1. spent. See tired1. 4. tiresome, wearisome. 5. exhaust. 6. irk; jade.


1. energetic. 4. interesting. 6. interest.

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weary (ˈwɪərɪ)
 
adj , -rier, -riest
1.  tired or exhausted
2.  causing fatigue or exhaustion
3.  caused by or suggestive of weariness: a weary laugh
4.  (postpositive; often foll by of or with) discontented or bored, esp by the long continuance of something
 
vb , -rier, -riest, -ries, -rying, -ried
5.  to make or become weary
6.  to make or become discontented or impatient, esp by the long continuance of something
 
[Old English wērig; related to Old Saxon wōrig, Old High German wuorag drunk, Greek hōrakian to faint]
 
'wearily
 
adv
 
'weariness
 
n
 
'wearying
 
adj
 
'wearyingly
 
adv

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weary
O.E. werig "tired," related to worian "to wander, totter," from W.Gmc. *worigaz (cf. O.S. worig "weary," O.H.G. wuorag "intoxicated"), of unknown origin. The verb is O.E. wergian (intr.), gewergian (trans.).
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