Meaning of aweary | Babel Free

Definitions

Weary, tired.

poetic

Examples

“[…] my little body is aweary of this great world.”

“She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, / I would that I were dead!'”

“1849+, George Ticknor, History Of Spanish Literature And all his people told him that their horses were aweary, and that they were aweary themselves.”

“[…]when he is aweary of vice, and aweary of virtue, used up as to brimstone, and used up as to bliss; then, whether he take⟳ to the serving out of red tape, or to the kindling of red fire, he is the very Devil.”

“The sky leans dumb on the sea, / Aweary with all its wings;”

“"Nay, save⟳ that she seems aweary".”

“ante 1924 (posthumous, died 1910): Mark⟳ Twain, Autobiography I was aweary, aweary, and I put⟳ it in the waste⟳ basket. Ten days later the bill came again, and with it a shadowy threat. I waste-basketed it.”

“"I am aweary with watching," said Frid. "Praise⟳ to Allah the day is ours. Ho, slaves!"”

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