From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishwanwan /wɒn $ wɑːn/ adjective literary WEAKTIREDlooking pale, weak, or tired She gave a wan smile. —wanly adverb
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wan• Angela looked wan and tired.• Instead, I forced my features into a wan imitation.• Amanda turned, caught Jean's eye and smiled, a thin, wan smile.• Relieved that he had an airplane at all, Branson received the news with a wan smile.• The policeman attempted a wan smile.From Longman Business DictionaryWANWAN /wæn/ noun [countable]COMPUTINGTELECOMMUNICATIONS wide area network; an arrangement in which computers in different areas or buildings are connected to each other and users in different places can look at and work on the same informationThe company uses a WAN to link all three of its global sites. → compare LANOrigin wan Old English “dark” 