unanxiousadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective]
sorrowlessOE
carelessa1000
restful1340
clearc1374
unsada1450
undiseased?c1450
unoffendedc1450
undistroubled1466
frank1477
unvexed1485
quiet1535
secure1545
griefless1552
trouble-void1559
woeless1568
undistressed1582
tearless1603
cocksure1613
undejected1613
undisquieted1627
uncareful1635
serene1640
indisconsolatea1645
trouble-free1648
catastematic1656
thoughtless1659
incruciated1661
easy1692
undepressed1697
unsufferinga1732
ungloomed1737
solute1742
unanxious1742
undarkened1742
unsighinga1743
comfortable1770
unharassed1796
unworried1818
gloomless1820
ungroaning1821
unpestered1824
ungrieving1837
troubleless1838
unsaddened?c1840
untrespassed1854
unannoyed1865
unfretted1870
fretless1878
worriless1889
stress-free1898
unstressed1927
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > [adjective] > not desiring or desirous of
unwilling?c1550
undesirous1655
undesiring1693
unanxious1742
unwishing1743
uncourting1744
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the First 19 When young, indeed, In full content, we sometimes nobly rest, Unanxious for ourselves.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature (1834) II. 642 To keep the mind..unanxious for success in her eagerest pursuits.
1844 W. M. Thackeray Barry Lyndon i. vii, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 395/2 I am not unanxious to experience on myself the effect of the war-passion.
1870 W. R. Greg Polit. Probl. 161 The career of these classes, instead of being easier and more unanxious than it was,..has become..a ceaseless struggle.
Derivatives
unˈanxiously adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adverb]
securely1550
carelessly1561
unanxiously1762
relaxedly1819
tearlessly1853
cloudlessly1869
1762 J. Philips' Poems, Life 10 This gentleman..sat as unanxiously easy as he did, even in a much humbler fortune.
1861 N. Wiseman Lenten Pastoral in Times 12 Feb. 5/6 We can safely and unanxiously commit to..our devoted clergy the task [etc.].
1885 T. C. Finlayson Biol. Relig. 52 He ought to do all these things unanxiously.
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