Adlai

[ad-lee, -ley, -lahy]

noun

1. a first name.

Example Sentences

Democrat Adlai Stevenson and Republican Thomas Dewey ran twice and lost twice.

From Los Angeles Times

It was the eve of the 1956 presidential election fought between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson.

From Salon

One might make certain assumptions as to where on the spectrum certain characters fall — and there are hints, such as Mullen relating something Adlai Stevenson once told him, and a photo showing him with Bono and the Edge.

From Los Angeles Times

Her influence was not his choice of films or his career, but personally — his change from Republican to Democrat, and his support of Adlai Stevenson.

From Salon

“We like Ike” was turned into Roy O. Disney’s hugely successful animated TV campaign commercial, “I Like Ike,” helping the guy good at the mike win in a landslide over Adlai Stevenson.

From Los Angeles Times