reply
verb (used without object), re·plied, re·ply·ing.
verb (used with object), re·plied, re·ply·ing.
noun, plural re·plies.
Origin of reply
Synonyms for reply
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Related Words for reply
reaction, feedback, rejoinder, retort, response, acknowledgment, respond, acknowledge, counter, react, return, sass, retaliation, echo, reciprocation, lip, comeback, wisecrack, riposte, antiphonExamples from the Web for reply
Contemporary Examples of reply
“Every critic encounters one book like that,” was his reply.
Johnson testified that he was the only one to reply, telling the cop that they were almost to where they were going.
He has received no reply from the government to the complaint he sent.
“I had not the most remote notion of what a wonderful man he was,” Darwin wrote of Aristotle in his reply to Ogle.
They received a letter of reply saying their help was very welcome, and to come down and pay them a visit.
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Historical Examples of reply
If it were not so, his hand would have written in reply to thy kind epistle.
PhilotheaLydia Maria Child
"Certainly, Robert," was the reply, but the lawyer's manner showed some surprise.
Brave and BoldHoratio Alger
"You'll find I'm right, sir," was the reply of the traveller who spoke first.
Silence was painful to me, and reply only accumulated difficulty and vexation.
This question was addressed to the lady, who drew back, and made no reply.