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vally

UK/ˈvali/US/ˈvæli/

vally is the obsolete spelling of valley.

vally is the pronunciation spelling of value.

Meaning of valley

Noun

valley (plural valleys or (obsolete) vallies)

  1. An elongated depression cast between hills or mountains, often with a river flowing through it.
    • The Indus River valley was the site of an ancient civilization.
    Synonyms:
    dale, vale
  2. An area which drains itself into a river.
  3. Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.

See all 10 meanings of valley

Meaning of value

Noun

value (countable and uncountable, plural values)

  1. The quality that renders something desirable or valuable; worth.
    • There is tremendous value in a good education.
    Synonyms:
    worth
  2. (uncountable) The degree of importance given to something.
    • The value of my children's happiness is second only to that of my wife.
  3. (often, plural) That which is valued or highly esteemed, such as one's morals, morality, or belief system.
    • He does not share his parents' values.
  4. The amount (of money or goods or services) that is considered to be a fair equivalent for something else.
    • The value of the stolen painting is estimated to be around four million pounds.
  5. The relative duration of a musical note.
    • The value of a crotchet is twice that of a quaver.
  6. The relative darkness or lightness of a color in (a specific area of) a painting etc.
    • When pigments of equal value are mixed together, the resulting color will be a darker value. This is the result of subtraction.2006, Edith Anderson Feisner, Colour: How to Use Colour in Art and Design

See all 14 meanings of value

Forms of vally

Noun
pluralvallies
Verb
third-person singular presentvallies
present participlevallying
past participlevallied
pastvallied

Questions about vally

What is vally the obsolete spelling of?
Vally is the obsolete spelling of valley.
How do you pronounce vally?
Vally is pronounced /ˈvali/ (UK).

Words near vally in the dictionary

  1. Vallumbrosan
  2. Vallumbrosans
  3. Vallumbrosian
  4. Vallumbrosians
  5. vallums
  6. vally
  7. Vallès Oriental
  8. Vallée
  9. Valmai
  10. Valmaseda
  11. valmethamide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vally (page history and authors); valley (page history and authors); value (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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