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unwaning

unwaning adjective: not waning.

Adjective

unwaning (comparative more unwaning, superlative most unwaning)

  1. Not waning.
    • With light unwaning on her eyes1807, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, To William Wordsworth
    • She waked often in the solitude of the night, imaging the bride and bridegroom on the track of rapture, following the unwaning star.1920, May Edginton, Married Life

Forms of unwaning

comparativemore unwaning
superlativemost unwaning

Origin of unwaning

From un- + waning.

Questions about unwaning

What does unwaning mean?
Unwaning means not waning.
What part of speech is unwaning?
Unwaning is an adjective.

Words near unwaning in the dictionary

  1. unwalling
  2. unwalls
  3. unwan
  4. unwandered
  5. unwandering
  6. unwaning
  7. unwans
  8. unwantable
  9. unwanted
  10. unwantedly
  11. unwantedness

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