sweer
Americanadjective
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slothful; indolent.
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unwilling; reluctant.
verb
Etymology
Origin of sweer
before 900; Middle English swer ( e ), Old English swær ( e ) heavy, sluggish; cognate with German schwer
Example Sentences
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I hae a name for decent trade: I'll wager a' the countryside Wad sweer nae trustier man was made, The ford to soom, the bent to bide.
From The Moon Endureth: Tales and Fancies by John Buchan
I'm sweer to say it," he announced to Tommy and David, "but it has to be said.
From Tommy and Grizel by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
Na, na, Maister Weelum; dreams are queer, contrary, unchancy things to sweer by.
From Betty Grier by Joseph Laing Waugh
She shook her head, and, misunderstanding her, he cried, with his knuckles in his eye, “I’ll gie you them baith, though I’m michty sweer to part wi’ Spotty.”
From The Little Minister by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
‘I’m sweer to waken him—I doubt he was working late—oh, that weary writing—no, I maunna waken him.’
From Margaret Ogilvy by J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
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