leady
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of leady
First recorded in 1350–1400, leady is from the Middle English word leedy. See lead 2, -y 1
Example Sentences
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Our team is getting a leady to show to the school children.
From The Defenders by Emshwiller, Ed
The leady turned the metal over and over.
From The Defenders by Emshwiller, Ed
Some minutes elapsed before Dolly could make shift to exclaim, "Am coom to live and daai with my beloved leady!"
From The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves by Smollett, T. (Tobias)
It was a leady that had been up there a long time; it had seen war and destruction, ruin so vast that no human being could imagine the extent.
From The Defenders by Emshwiller, Ed
Horace was about to reply when Hop Joy poked his head through the door, saying: "Glub all leady, Ned."
From Comrades of the Saddle The Young Rough Riders of the Plains by Webster, Frank V.
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