atweel
Americanadverb
Etymology
Origin of atweel
First recorded in 1760–70; alteration and contraction of phrase (I) wat weel “(I) know well.” See wot, well 1
Example Sentences
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Inglis, wha yokes wi' you's a gowk, atweel!
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Frae that day forth a wiser man, atweel!
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Atweel it's neither mair nor less," replied the widow, "than a barley-meal bannock.
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Atweel no, forbye muckle Sandy, that whiles taks a shot at a time.—We thought so.
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Ye're but a young man, Jamie, and muckle atweel ye seem to require counsel.
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