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appley

/ˈæpl̩.iː/

appley adjective: resembling apples, apple-like.

Adjective

appley (comparative more appley, superlative most appley)

  1. Resembling apples, apple-like.
    • When it's good, a tarte tatin is divine: buttery pastry soaked in caramelly appley juices, sweet-tart tender fruit – the whole much greater than the summed parts.2013, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, River Cottage Fruit Every Day!, page 179
  2. Of, or pertaining to, apples; malic.

Proper noun capitalized: Appley

Appley (countable and uncountable, plural Appleys)

  1. A suburb of Ryde, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6092).
  2. A hamlet in Stawley parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0721).
  3. The village of Appley Bridge in Lancashire, England.
  4. A habitational surname from Old English.

Forms of appley

Adjective
comparativemore appley
superlativemost appley
alternative formapply
Proper noun
pluralAppleys
alternative formApley
alternative formEppley

Origin of appley

From apple + -y.

From Old English æppel and leah, meaning "apple-tree clearing". Equivalent to apple + -ley (“lea”).

Words formed from appley

Phrases with appley

Questions about appley

What does appley mean?
Appley means resembling apples, apple-like.
What part of speech is appley?
Appley can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce appley?
Appley is pronounced /ˈæpl̩.iː/.

Words near appley in the dictionary

  1. applewives
  2. applewoman
  3. applewomen
  4. applewood
  5. appleworm
  6. appley
  7. Appley Bridge
  8. Appleyard
  9. Appleyards
  10. appleyness
  11. Appleys

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