Shelley

[ shel-ee ]

noun

1. Mary Woll·stone·craft (Godwin) [wool, -st, uh, n-kraft, -krahft], 1797–1851, English author (wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley).
2. Percy Bysshe [bish], 1792–1822, English poet.
3. a male or female given name.

Shelley

/ ˈʃɛlɪ /

noun

1. ShelleyMary (Wollstonecraft)17971851FBritishWRITING: writer 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. ShelleyPercy Bysshe17921822MBritishWRITING: poet 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

Example Sentences

Shelley Romaniuk, 33, was told she had miscarried while attending a 12-week scan, and says she was left alone with no support from health services.

From BBC

“If the legislature chose to cut these from the budget, they should not go on the credit card,” Shelley said.

From Salon

Shelley Barkan, one of very few who have stayed there, said there were sometimes eight or nine rocket alerts each day now.

From BBC

“It’s certainly true that the people of California are feeling squeezed,” Shelley said.

From Los Angeles Times

Shelley Long, of “Cheers” fame, played her in a TV movie.

From Los Angeles Times