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AGLEY

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a⋅gley

  [uh-glee, uh-gley, uh-glahy]
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–adverb Chiefly Scot.
off the right line; awry; wrong.
Also, a⋅gly.

Origin:
1775–85; a- 1 + gley glee 2
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a·gley   (ə-glī', ə-glā', ə-glē')   
adv.   Scots
Off to one side; awry.

[a-2 + Scots gley, to squint (from Middle English glien, possibly of Scandinavian origin).]
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