wearily

adverb

Definition of wearilynext
as in tiredly

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Recent Examples of wearily Every Sunday, Jesse Minter strode wearily onto a red-eye flight at Los Angeles International Airport for a trip back to Baltimore, where the work week awaited. — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 12 May 2026 If the power comes flickering on for a few precious hours in the middle of the night, that’s when Cubans now rise to wearily cook and iron clothes. — Patrick Oppmann, CNN Money, 7 Mar. 2026 One wearily pushes hers in a creaky pram. — Literary Hub, 11 Dec. 2025 And so, Vladimir and Estragon wearily choose to continue waiting, day in and day out. — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 29 Sep. 2025 Shirley Phinzee blinked wearily under the fluorescent lights of a Miami Wendy’s. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025 Their two young kids walked wearily throughout the car. — Paulina Czupryna, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025 Harry could be described as a counterpart on the other side of the law from John Stone, the wearily disheveled attorney played by Turturro in HBO’s riveting limited series, The Night Of — even if Harry has a greater appreciation for good tailoring. — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wearily
  1. casually
  2. lazily
  3. listlessly
  4. languidly
  5. sluggishly
  6. halfheartedly
Adverb
  • People continue to mill around the Jeep, chatting casually, trying to understand what has happened.
    — Sydney Brownstone, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Made from a lightweight linen-blend material, it can be styled casually on travel days with white sneakers or dressed up for a nice dinner with strappy sandals.
    — Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of casually
Adverb
  • The Roamer rolled lazily in the light swell that was coming in from the open lake, and our rod tips dipped and rose, but nobody got a strike.
    — JAMES D. OXLEY, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026
  • But the sausage slipped from its grip and plopped back into formation, alongside the others revolving lazily between rollers.
    — Evan Osnos, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of lazily
Adverb
  • Every once in a while a crow calls, but there’s not much structure to it, with the sounds listlessly bouncing off the walls imposed by the five-minute runtimes instead of cohering into a rhythm.
    — Andrew Ryce, Pitchfork, 6 July 2026
  • There’s no way to stop parents from allowing their children to stare listlessly at a screen, but state lawmakers, school board members, administrators and teachers can impact what goes on during the school day.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 24 June 2026
Definition of listlessly
Adverb
  • Over these images, two voices languidly recite what sounds like a roleplaying script, in which a desperate girl appeals to her grandpa for money.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 11 July 2026
  • The Guadalupe is calm now, flowing languidly as families can be seen splashing in the cool waters.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 1 July 2026
Definition of languidly
Adverb
  • Verstappen qualified second but stalled at the start, falling to last place as his car moved sluggishly.
    — Sahil Kapur, NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • The Knicks came out of halftime sluggishly, falling behind by 13 points in the third quarter.
    — Alejandro Avila, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
Definition of sluggishly
Adverb
  • The show’s interests are theoretically in a nuclear family gradually coming back together, though even that theme is halfheartedly pursued.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 16 July 2026
  • At least four officers stood by during the assaults, while two others halfheartedly attempted to break them up.
    — Jason Henry, Daily News, 9 Apr. 2026
Definition of halfheartedly

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