agee
adverb
to one side; awry.
agee
1 American
[uh-jee]
/ əˈdʒi /
Or
ajee
adverb
British Dialect.
Agee
2
American
[ey-jee]
/ ˈeɪ dʒi /
noun
agee
1
British
/ əˈdʒiː /
adjective
adverb
Agee
2
British
/ ˈeɪdʒiː /
noun
Etymology
Origin of agee
Example Sentences
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We must not judge animals in regard to those kinds of behaviour which have been handed over to instinct, and go badly agee when the normal routine is disturbed.
From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by J. Arthur Thomson
And we're a' gaun east an' west, We're a' gaun agee, We're a' gaun east an' west Courtin' Mally Lee!'
From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin
I maun gang an' get hame, my sweet Jessie, For fear some young laird o' degree May come roun' on his fine sleekit bawsy, An' ding a' my prospects agee.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Charles Rogers
He worked here and he worked there, and turned his hand to this and to that, but it always went agee, and 't was all Yallery Brown's doing.
From More English Fairy Tales by John Dickson Batten
Iverything had gone agee that day: butter wouldn't coom, Snowball had kicked ower the pail while I was milking her, and, atop o' all that, there was grandfather wi' his fratching ways.
From More Tales of the Ridings by Frederic William Moorman
In 1949, an influential article called “Comedy’s Greatest Era,” with lavish photographs, was published in Life magazine by James Agee.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026
"Western businesses have made decisions based on what happened three or four years ago," replied Mr Agee.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
The door could be open for a return to USC for Thomas or Agee, if either is able to secure a waiver for another season.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025
Agee made 10 of 12 shots with three three-pointers and grabbed nine rebounds for USC.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
Let us now praise famous men; three tenant families, by James Agee & Walker Evans. © 19Aug41; A156286.
From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1969 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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