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unˈeasily, adv.
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a. With difficulty on account of discomfort; only with pain or suffering. Obs.
c1290Beket 2211 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 170 With luytel aise he miȝte sitte, and ful on-aisi-liche ride, And on-aisiliche ligge also. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. (Rolls) II. 534 Vneselie thocht that he mycht ryde or go,..Than vp he rais rycht fraklie on his feit. 1600Hakluyt Voy. III. 54 It was..counted a place very hardly and vneasily to be inhabited for the great colde.
†b. Not in any easy or simple manner; with difficulty or trouble. Obs.
1600E. Blount tr. Conestaggio 232 Where (although vneasily)..they might imbarke and descend. 1669Sturmy Mariner's Mag. A. 4, I might haply appear..monstrous to the eye of the World, and uneasily escape submersion. 1725Sloane Jamaica II. 17 They are uneasily kept from apes and squirrels.
2. In an uneasy or uncomfortable manner; in such a way as to cause discomfort.
In older use (a) of physical uneasiness.
(a)1377Langl. P. Pl. B. xiv. 232 He goth to cold beddynge, And his heued vn-heled vn-esiliche I-wrye. a1425tr. Arderne's Treat. Fistula, etc. 38 Þai slepe vnesely; þai ar made heuy als wele in mynde as in body. 1550Thomas Ital. Dict., Distretto, straictly or vneasilie. 1621J. Taylor (Water P.) Sir G. Nonsence Wks. (1630) Aa 1 b, Resting vneasily on a banke of Sicamores. 1822–7Good Study Med. (1829) I. 211 Concentrated jellies..sit more uneasily on a weak stomach, than meat..in a solid form.
(b)1863Mrs. Oliphant Salem Chapel iv. 30 Mr. Vincent stood uneasily at a corner when he was brought into the apartment. 1887M. B. Betham-Edwards Next of Kin Wanted II. xi. 140 He..hemmed and ha'd uneasily.
†3. Without ease; awkwardly. Obs.—0
1611Cotgr., Inhabilement,..vnweldily, vneasily, vnhandsomely. |