Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wearily

/ˈwɪɹɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English

Syllables: wea-ri-ly
IPA: /ˈwɪɹɪli/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a weary manner; feeling weary.

adv

In a weary manner; causing weariness.

Example Sentences

""Yes," said Marvin. "Wearily I sit here, pain and misery my only companions.""
"People living in the Portishead area have grown wearily familiar with delays and cost overruns since reopening the railway (part of the MetroWest project) was approved in 2012."

Etymology

From Middle English werily, werelye, equivalent to weary + -ly.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: werily
Suffix: weary

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈwɪɹɪli/
British English: /ˈwɪəɹɪli/

Inflected Forms

more wearily (comparative) most wearily (superlative)

Synonyms

tiredly tiringly

Rhymes With

necessarily primarily temporarily voluntarily extraordinarily ordinarily momentarily militarily merrily customarily secondarily warily

Questions

How do you pronounce wearily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwɪɹɪli/.
What does wearily mean?: In a weary manner; feeling weary.
Where does wearily come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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