Agley
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈɡleɪ/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Agley is an adverb meaning (Scotland) Wrong; askew.
Meaning
(Scotland) Wrong; askew.
More Meanings
- (chiefly Scotland) Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
Example Sentences
X tells of cavalry; of Sheridan, Hampton and Fitz Lee; Of Early’s Valley march, that Sheridan long held agley!
We meant to sail from Charleston, but things went agley there, and so we’re bound for Portsmouth now, as fast as we can make speed.
“I don't know if you know the meaning of the word ‘agley’, Kipper, but that, to put it in a nutshell, is the way things have ganged.”
But though the bear in the picture was a disguised man he appeared so naturally calm, so benignly strong, that beside him Pete […] looked comparatively shifty and agley.
Word Forms
- aglee
- agly
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include arseways, astray, atwist, wrongeously, wrongously, awrong.
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