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agley
or a·gly
[ uh-glee, uh-gley, uh-glahy ]
adverb
, Chiefly Scot.
- off the right line; awry; wrong.
agley
/ əˈɡliː; əˈɡliː; əˈɡleɪ; əˈɡlaɪ /
adverb
- awry; askew
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Word History and Origins
Origin of agley1
from gley squint
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Example Sentences
What a joy it is in a vexatious world, where things 'gang aft agley,' to find something absolutely right.
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Burns tells us that “the well-laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley.”
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He didn't intend that any strange girl should throw all his plans agley, for she had done more than mischief enough already.
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But, like the plans of the little field mouse of whom Robert Burns wrote, the best laid schemes "gang aft agley."
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But "The best-laid schemes o' mice and men Gang aft agley," as the priest-governed schemers may find to their cost.
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