unfainly

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adverb

Sorrowfully.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adverbunfainly (comparative more unfainly, superlative most unfainly)

comparative more unfainly · superlative most unfainly

  1. Sorrowfully.

    [...] And draws me on like one unfainly dead.

    1976, Rainer Maria Rilke, Poems
    2 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 Dudley

    Matho, 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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APA

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MLA

“unfainly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfainly. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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