Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not easy; difficult.
- Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Not easy; difficult; hard.
- adverb obsolete Not easily; hardly; scarcely.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not
easy ;hard - adverb archaic Not easily;
hardly ,scarcely . - adverb obsolete
Reluctantly ,unwillingly .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now, Sir Galahad was dight all in harness of silver, clear and shining; the which is a delight to look upon, but full hasty to tarnish, and withouten the labour of a ready squire, uneath to be kept fair and clean.
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"Why is thy writing thus," my lover said to me, "Attenuate and small, uneath to read and ill?"
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879
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The evening draweth on and Lancelot goeth toward the castle, that was right uneath to find and in an unfrequented part.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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The bull bellowed so passing loud that right uneath was it to hear aught else within the castle besides.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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I have seen on this high day, or on other days that were not less high than this, when you have had such throng of knights at your court that right uneath might any number them.
The High History of the Holy Graal Anonymous 1869
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Now, Sir Galahad was dight all in harness of silver, clear and shining; the which is a delight to look upon, but full hasty to tarnish, and withouten the labour of a ready squire, uneath to be kept fair and clean.
Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women George MacDonald 1864
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The worthy man, considering that his son was now grown to man's estate and thinking him so inured to the service of God that the things of this world might thenceforth uneath allure him to themselves, said in himself, "The lad saith well"; and accordingly, having occasion to go thither, he carried him with him.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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A marvellous thing it is to think how uneath to search out are the ways of love!
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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Then, they being therein and no troubling of the water ensuing thereof, they fell, as best they might, to faring hither and thither in pursuit of the fish, which had uneath where to hide themselves, and seeking to take them with the naked hand.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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This was little uneath to him, seeing that she was yet more desirous than himself to be with him without suspect; wherefore she answered him frankly that it liked her well and that her sisters would do whatever she wished, especially in this, and bade him make ready everything needful therefor as quickliest he might.
The Decameron of Giovanni Boccaccio Giovanni Boccaccio 1344
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