agley
Americanadverb
adverb
Etymology
Origin of agley
Example Sentences
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But, in pure common sense, his diagnosis of what went disastrously agley is spot on.
From The Guardian • Feb. 24, 2013
The plan goes agley when the documents, hand-carried to Sweden, are used instead to blackmail English industrialists.
From Time Magazine Archive
He made a notable exception when he designed his own home—and here one of his best-laid plans went completely agley.
From Time Magazine Archive
When one defiant man�Premier Moise Tshombe of the Congo's rebellious Katanga province�threatened resistance to the U.N. forces, all Hammarskjold's carefully laid plans went agley.
From Time Magazine Archive
Simon adjusted his wig, which had gang agley once more.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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