unreadily

But how difficult it is to put oneself in another person's place in the imagination, and how unreadily it is done!

Europe—Whither Bound? Being Letters of Travel from the Capitals of Europe in the Year 1921 Stephen Graham 1929

It took the three of us to accomplish it, for the window moved unreadily, being seldom raised, as Mrs. Handsomebody regarded fresh air much as she regarded a small boy, as something to be kept in its place.

Explorers of the Dawn Mazo De la Roche 1920

Fractured ribs and collar-bones yield not unreadily to treatment; even fractured skulls have been known to mend; and in a week, though dazed and bewildered, Captain Forrest was convalescing.

A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike Charles King 1888

At first we worked stiffly, unreadily, but soon the monotonous motion possessed us with its insistent rhythm, and the grass bowed to each sibilant swish and fell in sweet-smelling swathes at our feet.

The Roadmender Michael Fairless 1885

Then Nona blushed red, and I made haste to get rid of some of the thanks that were heartfelt enough if they came unreadily to my lips, and Howel laughed at both of us.

A Prince of Cornwall A Story of Glastonbury and the West in the Days of Ina of Wessex 1884

Turning to the Princess, he asked her to come near him, and to look out on the scene, and she somewhat unreadily complied.

Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880

Autumn: she thought it a dangerous business, and as the boy's dinner-bell had very little restraint over him when he was in the flush of a scheme of this description, she wished to make tolerably sure of him through the charm she not unreadily believed she could fling on lads of his age.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

Autumn: she thought it a dangerous business, and as the boy's dinner-bell had very little restraint over him when he was in the flush of a scheme of this description, she wished to make tolerably sure of him through the charm she not unreadily believed she could fling on lads of his age.

The Egoist George Meredith 1868

I would have unreadily forgiven this dreary trip down memory lane, passed it off as a case of ineptitude rather than malice, had the bill not been so utterly staggering.

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