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agley

/əˈɡleɪ/

agley adverb: wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.

Adverb

agley (comparative more agley, superlative most agley)

  1. (Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
    • X tells of cavalry; of Sheridan, Hampton and Fitz Lee;
      Of Early’s Valley march, that Sheridan long held agley!1932, Rosewell Page, The Iliads of the South: an epic of the War Between the States, Garrett and Massie, p. 165
    • “I don't know if you know the meaning of the word ‘agley’, Kipper, but that, to put it in a nutshell, is the way things have ganged.”1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “XII AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC

Adjective

agley (comparative more agley, superlative most agley)

  1. (Scotland) Wrong; askew.
    • But though the bear in the picture was a disguised man he appeared so naturally calm, so benignly strong, that beside him Pete […] looked comparatively shifty and agley.1983, Alasdair Gray, “The Great Bear Cult”, in Every Short Story 1951-2012, Canongate, published 2012, page 57

agley meaning in Urdu

agley in Urdu

گُمراہ, ٹیڑھا, تِرچھا, بینڈا, کج مج

Forms of agley

Adverb
comparativemore agley
superlativemost agley
alternative formaglee
alternative formagly
alternative formgley
Adjective
comparativemore agley
superlativemost agley

Origin of agley

Borrowed from Scots agley.

Words that rhyme with agley

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Questions about agley

What does agley mean?
Agley means wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
What is agley in Urdu?
Agley in Urdu is گُمراہ, ٹیڑھا, تِرچھا. See Agley meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is agley?
Agley can be an adverb or an adjective.
How do you pronounce agley?
Agley is pronounced /əˈɡleɪ/.

Words near agley in the dictionary

  1. Agler
  2. Aglers
  3. aglet
  4. agleted
  5. aglets
  6. agley
  7. Aglianico
  8. Aglianicos
  9. agliata
  10. aglimmer
  11. Aglinab

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