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Meanings of unco in English

To a remarkable degree or extent.

Usage of unco in English
1
There hae been unco ill doings here sin your leddyship left.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
2
He lookit unco angry-like, and his big dog was wi' him.
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
3
There was a cum apples, and a bit o' unco spare rib, and-
Janet's Love and Service
4
When she reached it, Elspie said, thoughtfully, It's strange, unco strange.
Olive: A Novel
5
He trespasses unco sair against me, I'm weel sure o' that!
Sir Gibbie
6
And an unco' sair heart she's gi'e us a' sin' ever she cam'!
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
7
It's an unco thing to see too far in front.
Catriona
8
He is one of the unco' guid, and to him all pleasures are sinful.
A Dominie in Doubt
9
His "unco' guidness," as Lady Elspeth would have said, bordered on ostentation.
Pearl of Pearl Island
10
But it's an unco weicht!- Idoobt-na, Imairnor doobt it canna be siller.
Warlock o' Glenwarlock: A Homely Romance
11
It has been an unco hard winter, and I hae had to keep the hoose.
Allison Bain; Or, By a Way She Knew Not
12
And they were a' unco' free in their comments.
Self-Raised; Or, From the Depths
13
It made an unco noise ower a' this country.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
14
Aiblins a fire-flaught o' my een, it might be-I'vehad them unco often, the day-
Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet: An Autobiography
15
Fancy unco guid Edinburgh requiring illumination on the subject!
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 1
16
The solan keekit doon into Tam's face, and there was something unco in the creature's ee.
Catriona
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