weariful

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  1. adjective Causing weariness; tedious.
  2. adjective Fatigued; exhausted.

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  • And truly, this doth be very contrary-seeming, only that you have seen my heart; and all indeed the more human, that it doth be so contrariwise to the brain-reason; and all to be desired, else did a man be no better than an ant or a weariful machine And this to be truth and wholesomeness as you shall perceive, if that you look deep enough, and do modify Reason with heart-understanding; for, in verity, how shall that which we call Reason, bring any to the full and the great knowledge. —  The Night Land
  • It was weariful to wade through them, and when at last I reached the Im Hoff house Master —  Margery — Volume 07
  • They bandied the weariful shuttlecock of gallantry. —  The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
  • Bandied the weariful shuttlecock of gallantry —  The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 6
  • It seemed to set wagging a weariful tongue in a corpse. —  Diana of the Crossways — Volume 1
 

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/ˈwirɪfəl/
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