Or, if you wad raither wait a wee while, till this trouble has blawn by that is bothering you, I'm quite agreeable to wait.
Ay, but I'd raither leave the school," he answered, though with less decision this time.
Would ye no' raither gang to the school a while langer?
Ay, but I'd raither work," reiterated the boy stubbornly.
He minded that ropes was unco saft things, and the solan's neb and the Bass Rock unco hard, and that twa hunner feet were raither mair than he would care to fa'.
And what's mair, I had raither be a door-keeper in the Lord's hoose than dwall in tents o' sin.
An' I'm feart I was mair like Dauvit, for a' I'd raither be like the Maister.
So as soon as the signal dropped to clear he started her raither sharp, and she cam' into the station under a head of steam some deal faster than he had intended.
I wad raither be grutten for nor kissed,' said he, simply.
It was raither a stately kin'ness than that condescension which is the vice o' Christians.
Cause ye wad hae sent it back till 'im; an' Shargar and me we thocht we wad raither keep it.
But av yer as fond o' cowld wather as meself ye won't objec' to it, although it do come raither onexpected.
But Mysie's tongue gaed fully fester than her wires, an' I'd raither the better o' her.
I was ance genna gae doon an' tak' him awa' hame; but I thocht it micht look raither queer, so I lut him aleen for a little.
I wud raither be blawn into minch wi' an' echty-ton gun than stand ony mair o' your gab.
I would willin'ly say yes, to please you, but I'd raither not tell no lies.
Fact is I consider myself edicated raither 'igher than usual.
It's raither heavy work, sir, to do all the judgment business by myself;" he said.
An' my mither was jist sic like, wi' aiblins raither mair heid nor my father.
I wad raither hear the sheep baain', or the kye routin'.
My man's raither pecooliar aboot gaein' to the kirk!
I wad raither j'in i' your askin'," replied Donal.
Despite his natural courage and coolness, Jarwin felt, as he said himself, "raither oncomfortable.
W'y, the noos that the war betwane this Raigincy of Algiers an' Tunis is goin' on raither favourable, and that forty mules were brought in this morning loaded with human heads.
If it wasn't so dirty that an Irish pig of proper breedin' would object to come into it, I'd say it was raither agreeable.
Yet it do seem raither hard that a man should swing for savin' his friend's life an' his enemy's at the same time.
Well, I forget, but somehow you seem to add up the figgurs raither faster than I was made to do.
But gin I war you, I wad let him ken that gin he saws your corn ye hae a richt to raither mair nor his gleanins.
I thocht ye had been raither sair, sir," returned Bruce, in an acid tone.
I wad raither see my frein' hangt nor see him deserve hangin'.
I wad raither sit doon mysel', nor gar you stan' up efter yer day's work, Jeames.
Weel, mem, the way I heard it was raither particlar, and I wadna like a'body to ken.
But if ye wad raither hae ile', say the word and we'll get it for ye.
I wad raithercome back some ither day," said Duffy.
But sometimes I 'ad raither disturbed nights, 'cause the coppers wouldn't let a feller sleep in sitch places if they could 'elp it.
I'd raither dig a twenty-futt hole in clay sile any day.
However, as you seem to be raither poorly off, I don't mind if I lend you a hand for that.
We calls her place the cabin, 'cause the windows is raither small, and over'angs the river.
A' wud raither gang as sune as a' cudna manage masel, but.
Burnbrae wud raither see his hale plenishing gae doon the Tochty than play Judas to his kirk.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "raither" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
