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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

Brother, I am aweary of the green hills.

From Japanese Fairy Tales by Grace James

And he leaned aweary on his long staff, and offered us a shell apiece.

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Charles Reade

There is an age, sad age, and hour obscure, When man, aweary of adventurous dreams, Turns from the far horizon's lure His eyes towards the Inn of Good Repose.

From Contemporary Belgian Poetry Selected and Translated by Jethro Bithell by Various

“No, lady; I am not aweary, and it glads my heart to tell thee of the king,” spoke the girl.

From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison

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