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Recent Examples of wearily
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.
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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
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
Adverb
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Wear them casually with tennis shoes and a tank top, or dress them up with heeled sandals and a pretty cardigan.—
Sian Babish,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Shortstop Miguel Rojas fully laid out to his left in the second inning to field a sharp grounder off Bo Bichette’s bat, and then casually threw to first to complete the diving play.—
Assistant Sports Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Drone footage shared by the venue shows the mission’s Orion spacecraft lazily circling the picture-perfect Moon.—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
9 Apr. 2026
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The rooms Each room here channels a new type of contemporary African design—there are no throwaway uses of Ankara cloth to lazily signal to the continent.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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She is shown floating listlessly through space until her superpowers finally kick in.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adverb
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There's something romantic about the sight of flowers languidly cascading over the sides of pots.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Apr. 2026
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Melbourne, Australia — An ungainly barrel of a shark cruising languidly over a barren seabed far too deep for the sun's rays to illuminate was an unexpected sight.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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He was beaten from distance for the first goal, moving sluggishly as a shot dropped into his far corner.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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Lincoln-Way East started sluggishly, to say the least, and trailed 7-4 after one quarter before Brown entered the game and scored seven points in the second quarter.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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
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The rise of disco in the mid-1970s prompted too many soul-music greats to halfheartedly jump on the bandwagon.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Wearily.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wearily. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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