Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
uneath. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
uneath, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
uneath in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
uneath you have here. The definition of the word
uneath will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
uneath, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
From Middle English unethe, uneathe (“difficult, not easy”), from Old English unēaþe (“difficult, not easy”); equivalent to un- + eath. More at eath, easy.
Pronunciation
Adjective
uneath
- (obsolete) Not easy; hard.
Antonyms
Adverb
uneath
- (archaic) Not easily; hardly, scarcely.
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 Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Uneath may she endure the flinty streets, / To tread them with her tender-feeling feet.
- (obsolete) Reluctantly, unwillingly.
1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in , book VII, by
William Caxton], published
31 July 1485,
→OCLC; republished as H
Oskar Sommer, editor,
Le Morte Darthur , London:
David Nutt,
,
1889,
→OCLC:
Ryght so Sir Launcelot departed with grete hevynes, that unneth he myght susteyne hymselff for grete dole-makynge.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Anagrams