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aweary

American  
[uh-weer-ee] / əˈwɪər i /

adjective

Literary.
  1. wearied or tired; fatigued.


Etymology

Origin of aweary

First recorded in 1545–55; a- 1 + weary


Example Sentences

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"Not an eye / But is aweary of thy common sight."

From BBC ● Feb. 21, 2020

So to the hills aweary I did turn.—

From Accolon of Gaul with Other Poems by Madison Julius Cawein

Behind the tall dark firs "the great gold sun-god, blazing through the sky" may still be seen, but now he grows aweary, and would fain give place to his sister, the pale moon.

From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess

I am most sad and most aweary Of this routine of state, unrestful splendor.

From Virginia, A Tragedy And Other Poems by Marion Forster Gilmore

Their life is so dreary with their long, long waiting; they are aweary, aweary....

From Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck by Jethro Bithell

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