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aley

aley adjective: resembling or characteristic of ale.

Adjective

aley (comparative more aley, superlative most aley)

  1. (rare) Resembling or characteristic of ale.
    • […] the Acidity of the Yeast brings on a sudden Hardness and Staleness of the Ale, which to preserve in its mild aley Taste, will not admit of any great Quantity of Hops; […]1759, The London and Country Brewer, 7th edition
    • Give ales much of their “aley” taste.1995, The Brewer's Companion: A Source-book for the Small-scale Brewer

Proper noun capitalized: Aley

Aley (countable and uncountable, plural Aleys)

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Henderson County, Texas, United States.

Forms of aley

Adjective
comparativemore aley
superlativemost aley
Proper noun
pluralAleys

Origin of aley

From ale + -y.

Variant of Alley.

Questions about aley

What does aley mean?
Aley means resembling or characteristic of ale.
What part of speech is aley?
Aley can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near aley in the dictionary

  1. Alexopouloses
  2. Alexy
  3. Alexzander
  4. Alexăndreni
  5. Alexăndrești
  6. aley
  7. aleydigism
  8. aleyrodid
  9. aleyrodids
  10. Aleys
  11. Aleysky

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