unready
adjective
not ready; not made ready.
unreadily
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a word derived from
unready.
Example Sentences
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Fractured ribs and collar-bones yield not unreadily to treatment; even fractured skulls have been known to mend; and in a week, though dazed and bewildered, Captain Forrest was convalescing.
From A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike by Charles King
Stephen had loved it and died for its sake, and Lydia— His resolution dissolved; slowly and unreadily he put the crucifix back in his bosom, over his heart.
From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Elizabeth Miller
"She is not yet prepared," she explained unreadily.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker
Villagers accept the novel significations which time or fashion gradually confer upon old words very unreadily.
From Grain and Chaff from an English Manor by Arthur H. Savory
His lips anticipated words unreadily; gladly he realized that he could say these formulas, also; he had not forgotten; he had not forgotten!
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker
