adjective
- extremely tired or exhausted; worn out beyond normal fatigue
Usage: literary or formal
verb
- to tire excessively; to exhaust
Usage: transitive; archaic or literary
Examples
- After weeks of travel, she felt overweary and needed a long rest.
- The overweary soldiers trudged slowly back to camp.
- Do not overweary yourself with excessive work.
- His overweary expression showed the toll of the long journey.
- The constant demands of the job left him overweary by Friday.
- She was overweary from caring for three young children alone.