Meanings
comparative more unfainly · superlative most unfainly
- Sorrowfully.
[...] And draws me on like one unfainly dead.
1976, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poems2 more examples
Letter of Thomas Dudley to Governor William Bradford of Plymouth Plantation: — Good Sir, — I have received your letters by Captain Standish, and am unfainly glad of God's mercy towards you in the recovery of your health, [...]
1900, Augustine Jones, The Life and Work of Thomas DudleyMatho, although disappointed that I was not able to save his goat, was unfainly glad at my success and accepted gratefully the Rs. 15/- I gave him for his animal.
1965, Augustus Somerville, The passing of the forest gods
Origin
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unfainly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfainly
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