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wanner

a. (en-comparativewan)

WordNet
wan
  1. adj. (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" [syn: pale, pallid]

  2. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: pale, pallid]

  3. lacking vitality as from weariness or illness or unhappiness; "a wan smile"

  4. [also: wanning, wanned, wannest, wanner]

wan
  1. v. become pale and sickly

  2. [also: wanning, wanned, wannest, wanner]

wanner

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Wikipedia
Wanner

Wanner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

  • Florian Wanner (born 1978), German judoka
  • Jack Wanner (1885–1919), Major League Baseball player
  • Rudolf Wanner (born 1951), Austrian ski jumper
  • Zukiswa Wanner (born 1976), South African journalist and novelist

Usage examples of "wanner".

Luckily the weather was calm and getting wanner, so that by Sunday morning they were able to wear cotton dresses and lie in the sun for a time.

She broke off, conscious that her concern had sounded rather wanner than need be.

It was a little wanner than it had been and although it drizzled the wind was almost gentle.

It was wanner, in fact, than it had been for weeks, as if the storm had dragged any hint of poor weather away with it toward the sea.

Then she signaled to one of the nurses, who took the newborn and placed him in a wanner, where she dried him and wrapped him in a blanket.

If our bodies will adapt themselves to wanner temperatures, why should we not welcome their arrival?

In a single season boulders and ice were too high-piled for any wanner Sow to pass.

None of her precautions was very affective, though she was a little wanner than she had been.

Its cold, wet air met the dry, wanner air on the New Mexico side at the ridgeline.