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agly

agly is the alternative spelling of agley.

Meaning of agley

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

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Forms of agly

comparativemore agly
superlativemost agly

Questions about agly

What is agly the alternative spelling of?
Agly is the alternative spelling of agley.

Words near agly in the dictionary

  1. Aglukkaq
  2. Aglukkaqs
  3. Aglupacan
  4. aglus
  5. aglutition
  6. agly
  7. aglycemia
  8. aglycemias
  9. aglycemic
  10. aglycon
  11. aglycone

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