Morley

[ mawr-lee ]

/ ˈmɔr li /

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noun

Christopher Darlington, 1890–1957, U.S. writer.

Edward Williams, 1838–1923, U.S. chemist and physicist.

John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, 1838–1923, English statesman, journalist, biographer, and critic.

Thomas, 1557–1603?, English composer, especially of madrigals.

a male given name.

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Words nearby Morley

Morison, Morisot, morituri te salutamus, Moritz, Morkie, Morley, Mormon, Mormon cricket, Mormons, mormyrid, morn

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How to use Morley in a sentence

Correspondent Morley Safer and Picard suggested that Mark, “of all the people that should have known… should have known.”
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Morley Safer has been a 60 Minutes correspondent since December 1970.
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In Come Sunday, Isla Morley looks at a woman who keeps on in the face of extreme grief.
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Morley is a stunning storyteller, although Come Sunday should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
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Come Sundayby Isla Morley Isla Morley's first novel should not be attempted without a Kleenex box at hand.
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Believe me when I tell you that I never join Morley in any of his sinful doings, especially his drinking bouts.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Morley Jones paused, and Mr Durant looked at him attentively for a few seconds.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
Passing the harbour, he went down to the beach, and there unexpectedly met with Mr Morley Jones.
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The word is here used in the former sense; and the remark in Morley's Eng.
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From both Mr. and Mrs. Morley he received much kindness, which continued until the day of his death.
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British Dictionary definitions for Morley (1 of 2)

Morley¹

/ (ˈmɔːlɪ) /

noun

an industrial town in N England, in Leeds unitary authority, West Yorkshire. Pop: 54 051 (2001)

British Dictionary definitions for Morley (2 of 2)

Morley²

/ (ˈmɔːlɪ) /

noun

Edward Williams. 1838–1923, US chemist who collaborated with A. A. Michelson in the Michelson-Morley experiment

John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn. 1838–1923, British Liberal statesman and writer; secretary of state for India (1905–10)

Robert. 1908–92, British actor. His many films include Major Barbara (1940), Oscar Wilde (1960), and The Blue Bird (1976)

Thomas. ?1557–?1603, English composer and organist, noted for his madrigals and his textbook on music, A Plaine and Easie Introduction to Practicall Musicke (1597)

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Scientific definitions for Morley

Morley

[ môr′lē ]

Edward Williams 1838-1923

American chemist and physicist who with Albert Michelson disproved the existence of ether, the hypothetical medium of electromagnetic waves. Their work served as the starting point for Albert Einstein's development of the theory of relativity.