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- adverb Without
eagerness .
Etymologies
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uneager + -ly
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Examples
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First came a grandee, supine in his gilded coach, with half-shut eyes, uneagerly meditant upon yesterday's statecraft or to-morrow's gallantry; and now three yokels, with ruddy cheeks and much dust upon their shoulders; now a haggard man in black, who constantly glanced backward; and now a corporal with an empty sleeve, who whistled as he went.
The Cords of Vanity A Comedy of Shirking James Branch Cabell 1918
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