Gally
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gally is a noun meaning Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
Meaning
Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
More Meanings
- (UK, dialect) To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry.
- Diminutive of gal (“girl”).
- Archaic form of galley.
Example Sentences
For by the Dart, which is likewise a pipe, is made a deep passage into the skin, and then by the anger of the Fly, is his gally poisonous liquor injected […].
In the Year 1746, an Indian of Buenos Ayres having been condemned to the Gallies at Cadiz, proposed to the Governor to purchase his Liberty by exposing his Life at a public Festival.
April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]
Word Forms
- gallies
- gallying
- gallied
Synonyms for gally
Depending on context, synonyms include girlie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include bitter, vinegary, bittering, gallous, sourful, acerbic.
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