agee

or a·jee

[ uh-jee ]

/ əˈdʒi /

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adverb British Dialect.

to one side; awry.

Nearby words

age spots, age-old, age-proof, aged, agedly, agee, agee, james, ageing, ageism, ageist, agelaus

Origin of agee

First recorded in 1790–1800; a-¹ + gee¹

Definition for agee (2 of 2)

Agee

[ ey-jee ]

/ ˈeɪ dʒi /

noun

James,1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.

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Examples from the Web for agee

It was edited and published two years later, and won Agee a posthumous Pulitzer Prize in 1958.
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A Death in the Family by James Agee When Agee died from a heart attack in 1955, the novel was not quite finished.
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Maybe a gentler way to say the same thing is that Agee fails almost completely as a conventional magazine writer.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’|Malcolm Jones|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Coincidentally, Christenberry was born the same year Agee and Evans made their trip to Alabama.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’|Malcolm Jones|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Cotton Tenants may be no masterpiece, but it is an invaluable addition to the Agee shelf.
Revisiting James Agee: Discovering the Original ‘Let Us Now Praise Famous Men’|Malcolm Jones|June 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for agee (1 of 2)

agee

ajee

Scot and English dialect

adjective

awry, crooked, or ajar

adverb

awry; at an angle

Word Origin for agee

C19: a- ² + gee 1

British Dictionary definitions for agee (2 of 2)

Agee

/ (ˈeɪdʒiː) /

noun

James. 1909–55, US novelist, poet, and film critic. His works include the autobiographical novel A Death in the Family (1957)

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