agley

a·gley

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


Origin:
1775–85; a-1 + gley glee2

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agley or aglee (əˈɡleɪ, əˈɡlaɪ, əˈɡliː) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adv, —adj
(Scot) awry; askew
 
[from gley squint]
 
aglee or aglee
 
adv, —adj
 
[from gley squint]

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Agley is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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