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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 gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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agley
or
aglee
(əˈɡleɪ, əˈɡlaɪ, əˈɡliː)
—
adv
, —
adj
(
Scot
) awry; askew
[from
gley
squint]
aglee
or
aglee
—
adv
, —
adj
[from
gley
squint]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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