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wanly Definition


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wan
adj wanner, wannest
    1. Pale and pinched-looking, especially from illness, exhaustion or grief.
      Thesaurus: sickly, pale, drawn, colourless, ashen, waxen, pasty, anaemic, cadaverous, faint, weak.
    2. Said of stars, etc: faint; dim.
Derivative: wanly
adverb
    Derivative: wanness
    noun
      Etymology: Anglo-Saxon wann dusky or lurid.



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