agee

¹ American  

[uh-jee] / əˈdʒi /

Or ajee

adverb

British Dialect.

1. to one side; awry.

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Agee ² American  

[ey-jee] / ˈeɪ dʒi /

noun

1. James, 1909–55, U.S. author, scenarist, and film critic.

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agee ¹ British  

/ əˈdʒiː /

adjective

1. awry, crooked, or ajar

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adverb

1. awry; at an angle

Agee ² British  

/ ˈeɪdʒiː /

noun

1. James. 1909–55, US novelist, poet, and film critic. His works include the autobiographical novel A Death in the Family (1957)

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Etymology

Origin of agee

First recorded in 1790–1800; a- ¹ + gee ¹

Example Sentences

We must not judge animals in regard to those kinds of behaviour which have been handed over to instinct, and go badly agee when the normal routine is disturbed.

From The Outline of Science, Vol. 1 (of 4) A Plain Story Simply Told by Thomson, J. Arthur

But what councel wil you yeoue agee that is in suche great myserie.

From A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure by Erasmus, Desiderius

He worked here and he worked there, and turned his hand to this and to that, but it always went agee, and 't was all Yallery Brown's doing.

From More English Fairy Tales by Batten, John Dickson

And we're a' gaun east an' west, We're a' gaun agee, We're a' gaun east an' west Courtin' Mally Lee!'

From Penelope's Experiences in Scotland by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith

But what thyng now is more miserable then is agee?

From A Very Pleasaunt & Fruitful Diologe Called the Epicure by Erasmus, Desiderius

Related Words

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• twisting
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