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wearily

[weer-uh-lee] / ˈwɪər ə li /


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“I wish I had known all this earlier,” Maggie said wearily.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 14, 2025

She captures that delicate human contradiction of living wearily with everyday sadness alongside the simultaneous desire to keep going.

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

To a sweaty and wearily hospitable young farmer, Steinmetz introduced himself and his project.

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2024

Indoors, people everywhere are assessing interior wind and water damage and wearily calculating how much time and money it will take to get their lives back to where they were before the storm.

From Slate • Oct. 21, 2024

The boy lay back wearily but there was a hint of a smile on his face.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook