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• a variation of hurley.

hurly

American  

[hur-lee] / ˈhɜr li /

noun

hurlies plural

1. commotion; hurly-burly.

2. British. hurley.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• hurlies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of hurly

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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hurly hurlies

So after this week of diplomatic hurly burly, how much has changed?

From BBC ● May 16, 2025

As much as the hurly burly of the Coen brothers’ movies might seem distant from Shakespearean tragedy, their films are crowded with schemers seized by misguided ambitions — just usually more farcical ones.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2021

I didn’t see the call when it came in, in the hurly burly of things I didn’t notice.

From The Guardian ● Nov. 15, 2016

New justices must adjust to another sort of hurly burly, as Justice Kagan, who joined the court in 2010, learned at one point during Tuesday’s argument.

From New York Times ● Apr. 2, 2012

Once I rode a-hunting, laughed to see the hurly, Shouted at the ball-play, on the lake did row; You had for your beauty gauds that shone so rarely': 'Peace,' saith Finnuola, 'that was long ago.'

From A Book of Irish Verse Selected from modern writers with an introduction and notes by W. B. Yeats by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

"Are you deserting me, Peter?" put in Kitty playfully; "the other hurlies are busy with the De Lancey party; we must have two or three at least."

From An Unwilling Maid Being the History of Certain Episodes during the American Revolution in the Early Life of Mistress Betty Yorke, born Wolcott by Lincoln, Jeanie Gould