Uneath

//ʌˈniːθ// adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not easy; hard. obsolete

    "who he was, uneath was to descry."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Not easily; hardly, scarcely. archaic

    "Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet."

  2. 2
    Reluctantly, unwillingly. obsolete

    "Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge."

Synonyms

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difficulthardmurderousrockystrugglefultough

Example

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"who he was, uneath was to descry."

Etymology

From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.

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