agley
adv/əˈɡleɪ/
Etymology
From Scots agley.
- borrowed from agley
Definitions
Wrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
- X tells of cavalry; of Sheridan, Hampton and Fitz Lee; Of Early’s Valley march, that Sheridan long held agley!
- “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.”
Wrong
Wrong; askew.
- 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.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for agley. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA