Morley
Christopher Darlington, 1890–1957, U.S. writer.
Edward Williams, 1838–1923, U.S. chemist and physicist.
John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 1838–1923, English statesman, journalist, biographer, and critic.
Thomas, 1557–1603?, English composer, especially of madrigals.
a male given name.
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How to use Morley in a sentence
Correspondent Morley Safer and Picard suggested that Mark, “of all the people that should have known… should have known.”
Morley Safer has been a 60 Minutes correspondent since December 1970.
In Come Sunday, Isla Morley looks at a woman who keeps on in the face of extreme grief.
Morley is a stunning storyteller, although Come Sunday should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
Come Sundayby Isla Morley Isla Morley's first novel should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
Believe me when I tell you that I never join Morley in any of his sinful doings, especially his drinking bouts.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneMorley Jones paused, and Mr Durant looked at him attentively for a few seconds.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantynePassing the harbour, he went down to the beach, and there unexpectedly met with Mr Morley Jones.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe word is here used in the former sense; and the remark in Morley's Eng.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerFrom both Mr. and Mrs. Morley he received much kindness, which continued until the day of his death.
Robert Moffat | David J. Deane
British Dictionary definitions for Morley (1 of 2)
/ (ˈmɔːlɪ) /
an industrial town in N England, in Leeds unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 54 051 (2001)
British Dictionary definitions for Morley (2 of 2)
/ (ˈmɔːlɪ) /
Edward Williams. 1838–1923, US chemist who collaborated with A. A. Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment
John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn. 1838–1923, British Liberal statesman and writer; secretary of state for India (1905–10)
Robert. 1908–92, British actor. His many films include Major Barbara (1940), Oscar Wilde (1960), and The Blue Bird (1976)
Thomas. ?1557–?1603, English composer and organist, noted for his madrigals and his textbook on music, A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke (1597)
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Scientific definitions for Morley
[ môr′lē ]
American chemist and physicist who with Albert Michelson disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.
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