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• agee
  agee

  adverb

  to one side; awry.
• Agee
  Agee

  noun

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

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

But what thyng now is more miserable then is agee?

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

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 Rogers, Charles

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

But what councel wil you yeoue agee that is in suche great myserie.

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

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

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