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[ wey-lee ] / ˈweɪ li /
Origin of wallyFirst recorded in 1490–1500; wale2 + -y1 Words nearby wallyWall Street, Wall Streeter, wall system, wall tent, wall-to-wall, wally, wallyball, wallydrag, walnut, Walnut Creek, walnut family Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wallyWally said, “One day, Woody Allen will pass, and people will wonder if he really lived.” Coffee Talk with Ethan Hawke: On ‘Boyhood,’ Jennifer Lawrence, and Bill Clinton’s Urinal Exchange|Marlow Stern|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Wally Pipp and Everett Scott, who had played watershed roles in Lou's career were also on hand. The Stacks: The Day Lou Gehrig Delivered Baseball’s Gettysburg Address|Ray Robinson|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST But Wally Triplett knew both and struck up a friendship with Robinson and Doby that historic year. Playing Pinochle and Breaking Barriers With Jackie Robinson|Evan Weiner|March 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST In September 2000, Wally Edge invited then-governor Christie Todd Whitman to his “127th birthday celebration.” Christie and Wildstein: An Online Bromance|Olivia Nuzzi|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The name Wildstein assumed, Wally Edge, belonged to a former governor of New Jersey who died in 1956. Christie and Wildstein: An Online Bromance|Olivia Nuzzi|February 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST You know, it's the most ridiculous thing to think of Jim and Wally as grown-ups. Back To Billabong|Mary Grant Bruce If things hadn't happened just as they did, and if I hadn't had that precious insight into Wally's character—good Lord! The Air Trust|George Allan England Wally had brought the favors in from Seattle and also the wines. The Yukon Trail|William MacLeod Raine Phoebe was running toward him, and the boys—Wally and Gene and Jack, from the blacksmith shop. As soon as Wally can get his new suit that hes ordered from that nobby tailor. The Motor Girls at Camp Surprise|Margaret Penrose
British Dictionary definitions for wally (1 of 3)
adjective Scot archaicfine, pleasing, or splendid robust or strong Word Origin for wallyC16: of obscure origin British Dictionary definitions for wally (2 of 3)
adjective Central Scot dialectmade of chinaa wally dug; a wally vase lined with ceramic tilesa wally close Word Origin for wallyfrom obsolete dialect wallow faded, adjectival use of wallow to fade, from Old English wealwian British Dictionary definitions for wally (3 of 3)Word Origin for wallyC20: shortened form of the given name Walter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |