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uneath

adj
/ʌˈniːθ/UK

Etymology

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

  1. inherited from unēaþe
  2. inherited from unethe

Definitions

  1. Not easy

    Not easy; hard.

    • who he was, uneath was to descry.

  2. Not easily

    Not easily; hardly, scarcely.

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

  3. Reluctantly, unwillingly.

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

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA