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Definition of Readier
1. ready [adj] - See also: ready
Lexicographical Neighbors of Readier
Literary usage of Readier
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Talisman: A Tale of the Crusaders by Walter Scott (1878)
"... is a soldier—his hand is ever readier than his tongue—and his tongue is but
too much used to the rough language of his trade. ..."
2. History of the United Netherlands, from the Death of William the Silent to by John Lothrop Motley (1900)
"... are obliged to relinquish the chase—A great storm disperses the Armada—Great
energy of Parma, made fruitless by Philip's dullness—England readier at sea ..."
3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"This myth was studiously floated by his first biographer, Griswold, and found
readier acceptance with the public owing to the weird and horrible character ..."
4. The Light of Nature Pursued: By Edward Search, Esq; by Abraham Tucker (1768)
"... and the readier they lie at hand, there will remain the lefs to do afterwards
towards determining matters in debate. Now there is one trac^ of ground ..."
5. The Light of Nature Pursued by Abraham Tucker, Henry Paulet St. John Mildmay (1831)
"... himself and pleased with all around him, never fails to open the heart for
giving a readier admittance to her elder sister Charity. CHAP. XVII. CHARITY. ..."
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