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glegly

Meaning of "glegly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GLEGLY

ˈɡlɛɡlɪ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GLEGLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Glegly is an adverb.
The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

WHAT DOES GLEGLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of glegly in the English dictionary

The definition of glegly in the dictionary is quickly; cleverly.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GLEGLY

bigly · fugly · gangly · googly · Hooghly · scraggly · shingly · singly · smugly · snugly · spangly · squiggly · straggly · tingly · UGLI · ugly · vaguely · waggly · wiggly · wriggly

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GLEGLY

gleeful · gleefully · gleefulness · Gleek · gleemaiden · gleeman · gleemen · gleenie · gleesome · gleet · gleety · gleg · glegness · glei · Gleichschaltung · gleisation · Gleiwitz · gleization · glen

WORDS THAT END LIKE GLEGLY

accordingly · amazingly · astonishingly · correspondingly · exceedingly · increasingly · interestingly · irritatingly · knowingly · livingly · lovingly · overwhelmingly · seemingly · sickeningly · strikingly · strongly · stunningly · surprisingly · willingly · wrongly

Synonyms and antonyms of glegly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «glegly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GLEGLY

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The translations of glegly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «glegly» in English.
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glegly
1,325 millions of speakers
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glegly
570 millions of speakers
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glegly
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glegly
380 millions of speakers
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glegly
280 millions of speakers
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glegly
278 millions of speakers
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glegly
270 millions of speakers
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glegly
260 millions of speakers
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glegly
220 millions of speakers
ms

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Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers
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glegly
180 millions of speakers
ja

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glegly
130 millions of speakers
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glegly
85 millions of speakers
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Glegly
85 millions of speakers
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glegly
80 millions of speakers
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glegly
75 millions of speakers
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अधाशीपणे
75 millions of speakers
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glegly
70 millions of speakers
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glegly
65 millions of speakers
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glegly
50 millions of speakers
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glegly
40 millions of speakers
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glegly
30 millions of speakers
el

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glegly
15 millions of speakers
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glegly
14 millions of speakers
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glegly
10 millions of speakers
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glegly
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GLEGLY»

Discover the use of glegly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to glegly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The English Dialect Dictionary, Being the Complete ...
Tho' we aft wad glegly watch. The thievin' hounds we ne'er could catch, ALLAN Lilts (1874' 247. Abd. To this auld Colin glegly 'gan to hark, Ross Helenore (1768 ) 139, ed. 1812. 51;. Glegly he could skin a veal [calf], Mum Poems (1818) 18.
Joseph Wright, 1900
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. A-Kut
I have met with no vestige of this word in A. S., O. E., or provincial E. Glegly, adv. 1. Expeditiously, S. See Sup. Some fock, like bees, fu' glegly rin, To bikes bang'd fu' o' strife and din. Fergusson's Poems, ii. 105. 2. Attentively, S. To this auld ...
John Jamieson, 1841
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Poems
Oh ! the clink o' the chink is an unco cheery sound ; Oh ! it's siller gars the wheels o' life gae glegly round ! I lo'ed my Eppie true, I lo'ed my Eppie lang ; She gar'd me tak' the rue, She gar'd me change my sang. Aidd Wattie winna lang craw ...
Dorothea Maria Ogilvy, 1873
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
... but, as signifying quickness of vision, would correspond with one of the most common senses of gleg. Glean by itself, however, as signifying sagax, nearly approximates to Su.G. Dan. glo, attentis oculis videre. Glegly, adv. J. Expeditiously.
John Jamieson, 1825
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An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: ...
G. Damglo, Sibb. by mistake views this word as a provincial corr. of glad, glid, smooth. I have met with no vestige of this word in A. S., O. E. or Provinc. E. ' GLEGLY, ad'v. 1. Expeditiously, S. Some fock, like bees, t'u'glegly rin, To bikes bang'd ...
John Jamieson, 1808
6
Waverley Novels
Vara right, vara right — that's what I hae aften said ; a kail-blade, or a colliflour, glances sae glegly by moonlight, it's like a leddy in her diamonds." So saying, off went Andrew Fairservice with great glee. He had to walk about two miles, a labour ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1870
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Poems on Various Subjects: By Robert Fergusson. In Two Parts
By Robert Fergusson. In Two Parts Robert Fergusson. So l on Fgfi wad glowr np more; But gallop'd to Enmmi shot-ex HAME CONTE'N-T. 'Am-nag',Ta all 'whom it may conrerit. OME sdck, like but, so' glegly rin i To bykes bang'd {n* o'flrife and ...
Robert Fergusson, 1796
8
The Trial of James Stuart, Esq., Younger of Dunearn, Before ...
... ramnagant, And mak him King s agent, And hech ! how his fury will fa', man? And they crack and we tak, &c. Ther's stot-feeder Stuart, Kent for that fat.cow—art, How glegly he kicks ony ba', man ; And Gibson, l,mg chiel, 'an, Whase height ...
James Stuart, 1822
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The Scots Magazine ...
Sandy, my man, look unco glegly amang the brakens as ye gae alang, for there's no knowing whereabouts the gudewife may ha'e tumbled aff : and I'll be twalpennyworth in thy debt ; sae Gude gae wi' ye, Sirs, and my blessing! Dinna spare ...
‎1822
10
Avonmore, and Other Poems
THE DYING BROOK TO AN OLD FRIEND* O Jam1e ! tak' your last sad look O' your auld frien', the dyin' brook, Whase sang has fired ye mair than book To steer your way, An' glegly mony a clour to jouk In life's rough day. In life's glad morn ...
Christopher Murray Dawson, 1891
REFERENCE
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