different between yare vs yarely

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English yare, ?are, from Old English ?earu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).

Cognate with Dutch gaar (“done, well-cooked”), German gar (“done, well-cooked; wholly, at all”), Icelandic görr, gerr (“perfect”).

Alternative forms

• yar (for the nautical sense)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /j??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

yare (comparative yarer, superlative yarest)

1. (archaic) Ready; prepared.
2. (Britain dialectal) Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
   • c. 1601, William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act III scene iv^[1]:

     […] Dismount thy tuck, be yare in thy preparation, for thy assailant is quick, skillful and deadly.

3. Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
4. (nautical, of a ship) Easily manageable and answering readily to the helm; yar.
   • c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry

     The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.

Derived terms

• yarely

Translations

Adverb

yare (comparative more yare, superlative most yare)

1. (archaic) Yarely.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene i^[2]:

     Hey, my hearts! Cheerly, cheerly, my hearts! Yare, yare! Take in the topsail. Tend to th'Master's whistle. […]

Etymology 2

Noun

yare

1. Alternative form of yair

Anagrams

• Arey, Ayer, Ayre, Raye, Reay, aery, ayre, eyra, year

Japanese

Romanization

yare

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Tocharian B

Noun

yare

1. gravel

English

Etymology

From Middle English ?arly, ?arely, from Old English ?earl??e, ?earol??e; equivalent to yare +? -ly.

Adverb

yarely (comparative more yarely, superlative most yarely)

1. (archaic) In a yare way.
   • c. 1606, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra, Act II scene ii:

     […] The silken tackle / Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands / That yarely frame the office.

   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act I scene i:

     […] Fall to't yarely, or we run ourselves aground. Bestir, bestir!

Synonyms

• lithely
• lively
• quickly
• readily
• willingly

Anagrams

• yearly