Adele
a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”
- Also A·del·a [uh-del-uh, ad-l-uh]. /əˈdɛl ə, ˈæd l ə/.
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How to use Adele in a sentence
Mrs. Adela Williamson would twist your ear until you had to go with it or lose the ear.
Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview | Alex Belth | February 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHenry had seen fit to make as easy as it might be, by giving his daughter, Adela, to Casimir for wife.
The Colonel of the Red Huzzars | John Reed ScottReassured that she had no cause for alarm, Lady Adela advanced.
Scottish Ghost Stories | Elliott O'DonnellAdela had no prudence, and unripe plans might become known to Lady Harriet through her folly.
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant | Alexander Johnstone WilsonBesides, her ladyship would probably be harder to persuade into accepting Adela as a daughter-in-law than any of the other three.
The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant | Alexander Johnstone Wilson
Her father was then alone with his fiancée—the word was grotesque to Adela; it was already as if the place were her home.
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