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uneagerly

uneagerly adverb: without eagerness.

Adverb

uneagerly (comparative more uneagerly, superlative most uneagerly)

  1. Without eagerness.
    • I agreed uneagerly with Father that a man should earn his keep […]1973, William Alexander Percy, Lanterns on the levee; recollections of a planter's son

Forms of uneagerly

comparativemore uneagerly
superlativemost uneagerly

Origin of uneagerly

From uneager + -ly.

Questions about uneagerly

What does uneagerly mean?
Uneagerly means without eagerness.
What part of speech is uneagerly?
Uneagerly is an adverb.

Words near uneagerly in the dictionary

  1. undynamic
  2. undynamited
  3. undé
  4. UNE
  5. uneager
  6. uneagerly
  7. uneagerness
  8. Uneapa
  9. uneared
  10. unearmarked
  11. unearn

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