Uneasy vs Toey - What's the difference?
uneasy | toey | Related terms |
(rare) Not easy; difficult.
Restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed.
*{{quote-book, year=1928, author=Lawrence R. Bourne
, title=Well Tackled!
, chapter=17 Not easy in manner; constrained; stiff; awkward; not graceful; as, an uneasy deportment.
Occasioning want of ease; constraining; cramping; disagreeable; unpleasing.
(slang, chiefly, Australia) Agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.
* 2000 , Joan Kilby, The Cattleman’s Bride , Harlequin,
Uneasy is a related term of toey.
As adjectives the difference between uneasy and toey
is that uneasy is (rare) not easy; difficult or uneasy can be restless; disturbed by pain, anxiety, or the like; disquieted; perturbed while toey is (slang|chiefly|australia) agitated, anticipatory, excited (sometimes specifically sexually so), nervous.uneasy
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) unesy, equivalent to ; see uneath.Adjective
(er)Etymology 2
From (etyl) unesy, . More at .Adjective
(er)citation, passage=Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy.}}
- I've been uneasy about your friend ever since I met him. Are you sure we can trust him?
toey
English
Adjective
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- “You’re toeyer than a chook caught in a swag.”
- She rolled her eyes. “I still don’t know what you mean.”
