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Meanings of aweary in English

In need of some rest or sleep, usually as a result of hard work or physical activity.

Synonyms
Examples for "tired"
Examples for "tired"
1
Of course, with the butchery, my hand is often tired these days.
Cleaving
2
In All-Ireland final week, you don't be long growing tired of words.
The Irish Times
3
I'm tired of people saying 'I don't know if that is true'.
The South African
4
I am tired, in the heart, in the mind, in the body.
The Adventures of Kathlyn
5
But the four-bedroom house is tired and in need of much work.
The Irish Times
1
Factor in plenty of sea days: they're important for recharging weary batteries.
News.com.au
2
Even in strike-weary France, the work stoppage is affecting Euro Disney stock.
Wired
3
There was no respite for a weary looking London stock market yesterday.
The Irish Times
4
The weary government keeps control from the centre of the vast city.
The Irish Times
5
Not really horsemen, he decided, but tired men leading their weary animals.
Quest for honour
Usage of aweary in English
1
It is all picturesque enough; but the fact is, we are aweary.
Essays of Travel
2
I would it were ended, for I am aweary of it all.
Unknown to History: A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland
3
To-day I am aweary, and not of mind to see any one.
The Mississippi Bubble / How the Star of Good Fortune Rose and S...
4
And so Ben went abroad before London society grew aweary of him.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 / Little J...
5
She said, 'I am aweary, aweary; I would that I were dead!'
An Eye for an Eye
6
And they took their leave, for they were aweary for home.
The Fall of the Nibelungs
7
The saints themselves must at times have been aweary from hearing Honora's name.
A Modern Chronicle — Volume 01
8
Thenceforward one became aweary of the sight, sound, and name of "Hooker."
Border and Bastille
9
I am aweary of the life of the forest-thedreary life of the Gate House.
The Lost Treasure of Trevlyn: A Story of the Days of the Gunpowd...
10
He was aweary, he said, and indeed he looked it; but he would not alight.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
11
For thou must be aweary with all thy toil.
The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
12
Friend, I am aweary of these tinsel splendors.
Chivalry
13
No wonder men are aweary of it.
Friends, though divided: A Tale of the Civil War
14
Shut up, thou hatchet-faced, splenetic-hearted, narrow-headed little hypocrite, for verily the world is aweary of Tommie Watson.
The Complete Works of Brann, the Iconoclast — Volume 10
15
Are you aweary of their gay shows?
In the Wars of the Roses: A Story for the Young
16
Oh, thou old priest, I am aweary.
The World's Desire
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United Kingdom
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