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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

Bide awee, Lucky," cried the smith, setting down the ale-cap which he had just emptied; "bide awee, and ye'll see a change.

From Ringan Gilhaize or The Covenanters by Galt, John

I rin an' fetch them pieces, drinks, They stop awee the soun'; Then draw the blankets up an' cry, "Noo, weanies, cuddle doon."

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 1 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

A suggestion that way was indeed made, would he "visit the laird out o' hand, or would he bide awee?"

From Phineas Redux by Trollope, Anthony

I rin' an' fetch them pieces, drinks;   They stop awee the soun', Then draw the blankets up an' cry,   "Noo, weanies, cuddle doon."

From The Canadian Elocutionist by Howard, Anna Kelsey

Here the guidman sall bide awee To dwall amang the deid; to see Auld faces clear in fancy’s e’e; Belike to hear Auld voices fa’in’ saft an’ slee On fancy’s ear.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 14 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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