agley

or a·gly

[ uh-glee, uh-gley, uh-glahy ]

/ əˈgli, əˈgleɪ, əˈglaɪ /

adverb Chiefly Scot.

off the right line; awry; wrong.

Nearby words

aglaia, aglaophon of thasos, aglare, agleam, aglet, agley, aglimmer, aglint, aglisten, aglitter, aglossia

Origin of agley

1775–85; a-¹ + gley glee²

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Examples from the Web for agley

But like some other "plans of mice and men" this went "agley."
Lyman's History of old Walla Walla County, Vol. 1 (of 2)|William Denison Lyman
Fate may have had a similar plan for Goethe; if so, it went all agley.
And Even Now|Max Beerbohm

British Dictionary definitions for agley

agley

aglee (əˈɡliː)

/ (əˈɡleɪ, əˈɡlaɪ, əˈɡliː) /

adverb, adjective

Scot awry; askew

Word Origin for agley

from gley squint

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