agee

¹ American  

[uh-jee] / əˈdʒi /

Or ajee

adverb

British Dialect.

1. to one side; awry.

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Agee ² American  

[ey-jee] / ˈeɪ dʒi /

noun

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

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agee ¹ British  

/ əˈdʒiː /

adjective

1. awry, crooked, or ajar

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adverb

1. awry; at an angle

Agee ² British  

/ ˈeɪdʒiː /

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of agee

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

Example Sentences

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 Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

Here is one: 'Le 29 de Janvier, 1723-4, morut le Sieur Authonoine Trabue, agee danviron sinquaint six a sept annees fut en terree le 30 du meme moy.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

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 Thomson, J. Arthur

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 Moorman, Frederic William

Therfore they bee wyse, that thryue in tyme, and gather too gether necessaries for that agee coomn.

From A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure by Erasmus, Desiderius

Related Words

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