Valéry

[ va-ley-ree ]

noun
  1. Paul [pawl], /pɔl/, 1871–1945, French poet and philosopher.

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How to use Valéry in a sentence

  • Half of the nobles of Normandy lie dead, half the army that filled the mighty fleet that sailed from St. Valery have fallen.

    Wulf the Saxon | G. A. Henty
  • No; she always habs it in her own room since Miss Valery died.

    The Open Question | Elizabeth Robins
  • Wulf then fell back to Beorn's side, and half an hour later the shipwrecked party entered the gates of St. Valery.

    Wulf the Saxon | G. A. Henty
  • In a madder-crimson Valery pot are Lent lilies—and the same in a peacock-blue fellow of a pinched and selfish shape.

  • St. Valery-en-Caux has a beach made up of both sand and shingle, the upper portion of the bathing-ground being exceedingly stony.

    France | Gordon Cochrane Home

British Dictionary definitions for Valéry

Valéry

/ (French valeri) /


noun
  1. Paul (pɔl). 1871–1945, French poet and essayist, influenced by the symbolists, esp Mallarmé. He wrote lyric poetry, rich in imagery, as in La Jeune Parque (1917) and Album de vers anciens 1890–1900 (1920)

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