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单词 agley
释义

agley

or a·gly

[ uh-glee, uh-gley, uh-glahy ]
/ əˈgli, əˈgleɪ, əˈglaɪ /

adverb Chiefly Scot.

off the right line; awry; wrong.

Origin of agley

1775–85; a-1 + gleyglee2

Words nearby agley

Aglaia, Aglaophon of Thasos, aglare, agleam, aglet, agley, aglimmer, aglint, aglisten, aglitter, aglossia
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Example sentences from the Web for agley

  • But like some other "plans of mice and men" this went "agley."

    Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 1 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
  • Fate may have had a similar plan for Goethe; if so, it went all agley.

    And Even Now|Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for agley

agley

aglee (əˈɡliː)

/ (əˈɡleɪ, əˈɡlaɪ, əˈɡliː) /

adverb, adjective

Scot awry; askew

Word Origin for agley

from gley squint
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
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