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lordy
[ lawr-dee ]
interjection
- (often initial capital letter) (used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, elation, etc.):
Oh lordy, what a mess!
lordy
/ ˈlɔːdɪ /
interjection
- an exclamation of surprise or dismay
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Word History and Origins
Origin of lordy1
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Example Sentences
And then I danced on the bank in the grass and the moonlight—oh, Lordy, Miles, you ought to have seen me.
The startled old lady gasped out, "Good lordy," and fled from the ship.
Oh, lordy, wouldn't it be sweet just to get my arm round a woman's waist once more!
Well, jest as I was finished, and was a saying amen, the lordy mercy what a yowl something did give right over me in a tree!
Gudesake, for a bit session lordy, like you, to gang by that style and teetle o' ane high and michty prince!
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