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unnethe

unnethe is the obsolete spelling of uneath.

Meaning of uneath

Adverb

uneath

  1. (archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely.
    • Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  2. (obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly.
    • Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book VII, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich]...

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What is unnethe the obsolete spelling of?
Unnethe is the obsolete spelling of uneath.

Words near unnethe in the dictionary

  1. unnestled
  2. unnestles
  3. unnestling
  4. unnests
  5. unneth
  6. unnethe
  7. unnettable
  8. unnetted
  9. unnettled
  10. unnetworked
  11. unneurotic

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