Shelley

American  

[shel-ee] / ˈʃɛl i /

noun

1. Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) 1797–1851, English author (wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley).

2. Percy Bysshe 1792–1822, English poet.

3. a male or female given name.

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Shelley British  

/ ˈʃɛlɪ /

noun

1. Mary ( Wollstonecraft ) (ˈwʊlstənˌkrɑːft). 1797–1851, British writer; author of Frankenstein (1818); the daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley

2. Percy Bysshe (bɪʃ). 1792–1822, British romantic poet. His works include Queen Mab (1813), Prometheus Unbound (1820), and The Triumph of Life (1824). He wrote an elegy on the death of Keats, Adonais (1821), and shorter lyrics, including the odes "To the West Wind" and "To a Skylark" (both 1820). He was drowned in the Ligurian Sea while sailing from Leghorn to La Spezia

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Shelley

Chef Shelley Nason, the culinary director at Ama in Boston, said the subject of Ozempic comes up at the restaurant’s regular staff meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

"We saw tankers passing along the southern corridor at the end of last week and then when Iran declared the strait closed again on Saturday 20 June the transits stalled," said Shelley.

From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026

Shelley Egan, one of two interim executive directors replacing Steers, called her predecessor “a Disney princess.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2026

Better Later follows retired teacher Clive, played by Speirs, and environmental health officer Shelley Anne, played by Jones.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

Among their cherished authors are Sartre, Burroughs, Shelley, and Poe.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz