Definitions

wearily

[weer-uh-lee] / ˈwɪər ə li /

ADVERB

heavily

Synonyms

STRONGEST

densely massively thickly

WEAK

dejectedly dully gloomily ponderously profoundly sluggishly tediously weightily

Antonyms

WEAK

easily gently lightly

Example Sentences

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Wearily, he says he may consider reading it.

From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2016

Wearily, he joined his platoon mates as they unloaded their trucks back at their home base in Kunduz.

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2010

Wearily but doggedly I complained again, and this is subject to a further review.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2010

Wearily adjusting his spectacles, he added: "I don't get it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Wearily, she got up to climb the wall and try the door again.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien