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Meaning of "purfly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURFLY

purfly  [ˈpɜːflɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURFLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Purfly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURFLY


aloofly
əˈluːflɪ
beautifully
ˈbjuːtɪflɪ
briefly
ˈbriːflɪ
chiefly
ˈtʃiːflɪ
Chifley
ˈtʃɪflɪ
deafly
ˈdɛflɪ
gruffly
ˈɡrʌflɪ
housewifely
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪflɪ
liefly
ˈliːflɪ
rifely
ˈraɪflɪ
roughly
ˈrʌflɪ
ruffly
ˈrʌflɪ
safely
ˈseɪflɪ
sniffly
ˈsnɪflɪ
snuffly
ˈsnʌflɪ
stiffly
ˈstɪflɪ
toughly
ˈtʌflɪ
unsafely
ʌnˈseɪflɪ
unwifely
ʌnˈwaɪflɪ
wifely
ˈwaɪflɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PURFLY

pure-hearted
pure-minded
pureblood
purebred
puree
purely
pureness
purfle
purfler
purfling
purgation
purgative
purgatively
purgatorial
purgatorially
purgatorian
purgatory
purge
purgeable
purger

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURFLY

barfly
brimstone butterfly
butterfly
comma butterfly
deerfly
overfly
peacock butterfly
red admiral butterfly
sea butterfly
swallowtail butterfly
tortoiseshell butterfly

Synonyms and antonyms of purfly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «purfly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURFLY

Find out the translation of purfly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of purfly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «purfly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

purfly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

purfly
570 millions of speakers

English

purfly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

purfly
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

purfly
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

purfly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

purfly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

purfly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

purfly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Purfly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

purfly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

purfly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

purfly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Purfly
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

purfly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

purfly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जांभळी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

purfly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

purfly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

purfly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

purfly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

purfly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

purfly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

purfly
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

purfly
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

purfly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of purfly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURFLY»

The term «purfly» is used very little and occupies the 172.196 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURFLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about purfly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURFLY»

Discover the use of purfly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to purfly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Samuel Johnson
The purfly, sand- blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb ; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible ! Not in the ' King's- chair' (of human arms), as we see, do his three satellites carry him along : rather ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1853
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The Works of Thomas Carlyle
The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb ; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible ! Not in the ' King's-chair ' (of human arms), as we see, do his three satellites carry him along: rather on ...
Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, 2010
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English Language Word Builder
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Bob Jackman, 2012
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Bolivia: 2003 Article IV Consultation, First Review Under ...
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International Monetary Fund, 2003
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The Southwestern Reporter
89 Purdy's Adm'r, Purfly v. (Ky.) 89 Pyne Mill & Supply Co. v. Pace (Ky.) 1100 Racke v. Anheuser-Busch Brewing Ass'n (Tex. Civ. App.) 774 Raison's Adm'r v. Williams (Ky.) ....1108 Rankin, Cole v. (Tenn. Ch. App.) 72 Raper, State v. (Mo.) ...
‎1808
6
Scripture, Interpretation, or Authority?: Motives and ...
... 50,109,111,118,119,122,134, 135,179,191,194,205,219,230, 232,234,278— 80,282,284,288, 290,298—301 psychological criticism 29, 30 purfly,pufificauon 113,122,132,133, 136—48,151—64,168,169,171—73, 177,188,189,191— 93,287 ...
Thomas Kazen, 2013
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The Experienc'd Farrier: Or Farring Compleated. Containing ...
Take the Seeds of Cressy, of Poppy, of Smallage, of Purfly, of Dill (the Seeds only of these Herbs) and take also Pepper and Saffron, of each two Drams \ make them all into fine Powder, and put to them of Barley-water two Quarts, boiling hot  ...
E. R. (Gent.), 1720
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
The purfly, sand-blind lubber and blubber, with his open mouth, and face of bruised honeycomb ; yet already dominant, imperial, irresistible ! Not in the " King's-chair " (of human arms) as we see, do his three satellites carry him along : rather ...
‎1832
9
The Children's Hour
... with sprays of rose-buds; and mamma's coverlet was white marseilles, but Brownie's own little bed had a pink-and-white one, which she called "purfly booful." But what is Brownie doing? There she sits, in a rose-wreath, her tiny pink toes ...
T. S. Arthur, 1869
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Journals of the House of Lords
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Sir Robert Burdett and others: ' With a Bill, intituled, " An Act for repairin the " Road from Ashhj de la Zouch, in the County o Leifay, Widow and surviving Executrix of Vl/'illiam Purfly "f  ...
Great Britain House of Lords, 1752

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« EDUCALINGO. Purfly [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/purfly>. May 2024 ».
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