from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- adj. Causing weariness; tedious.
- adj. Fatigued; exhausted.
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- adj. Causing weariness
- adj. Very weary; exhausted
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Abounding in qualities which cause weariness; wearisome.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An unnecessary extension of weary; perhaps suggested by wearisome.] Full of weariness; causing weariness; wearisome; tiresome; tedious.
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Thus, after a weariful time of pulling, we got the end of the bigger rope up to the hill-top, and discovered it to be an extraordinarily sound rope of some four inches diameter, and smoothly laid of fine yarns round and very true and well spun, and with this we had every reason to be satisfied.
At that we looked at one another through the smoke and the growing dark, and, even as we looked, it became plainer heard, until, in a while, it was all about us — aye! it seemed to come floating down through the broken framework of the skylight as though some weariful, unseen thing stood and cried upon the decks above our heads.
Thus, after a weariful time, away Eastwards the sky began to tell of the coming of the day; and, as the light grew and strengthened, so did that insatiable growling pass hence with the dark and the shadows.
Yet, in a time, I had more of courage which brought strength unto my heart, and I began again to go upon my way, but with an utter caution, and I then to creep for a weary time upon my hands and knees among the dank and weariful rocks and boulders that lay in the bottom of the Gorge.
And three days more I journeyed thus, and did never cease to creep downward weariful upon my hands and knees; and the Diskos I had to my hip, and so shall you know how I carried it.
And a great trouble began to take me; for, indeed, Naani had not told me how great was the sea; and it might be that I should wander a weariful age across it, before that I come to the far side.
And so I came at the last to a time when I had walked through four-and-twenty weariful hours; and was eager that I should come to
And you shall mind how bitter had been my labour and weariness in all that time; and I did know of a surety that sleep must come heavily upon me; so that I was sorely in need that I should search out a safe place; for I should not be lightly waked, until that I had slept away the tiredness of my heart, and the weariful achings from my body.
Mountain of the Great Redoubt; and I was still seeming close upon it; yet, in truth, gone a long and weariful distance.
And in the space of five hours was I clear of that House; and did have a greater ease about my heart; but yet was not free to come to food nor to slumber, the both of which I did sorely need; for I had slept neither eat for a weariful time, as you do know.