Greely

[ gree-lee ]

noun

1. Adolphus Washington, 1844–1935, U.S. general and Arctic explorer.

Example Sentences

Hank Greely Professor of Law, Stanford University Law School Palo Alto, Calif.

From The Daily Beast

Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada, Phoenix,  Provo, Utah, and Greely, Colorado, round out the 20 most stressed housing markets.

From The Daily Beast

The present record is held by the Greely expedition, two members of which reached 83 24 north latitude.

From Project Gutenberg

Many public men in the North urged peaceable secession, notably, Horace Greely.

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The expeditions of our own naval engineer, Peary, are well known to us; and the trip of Greely was an interesting one.

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A number of these stations were established, and Greely had charge of the American one.

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The way to the mill lay along the road for a time, and then a short cut was made across what was known as the Greely Ridge.

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