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  • Nellie

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A termination of adverbs. See the etymology of -ble.

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Examples

  • That report placed much of the responsibility for the accident on contractors, which will undoubtedly leave critics asking whether Bly is the right man for the job.

    Rating BP's management shakeup

  • Robert Bly is a crank, Dana Gioia a conservative shil, and I'm not sure what Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, or Charles Simic have ever said that has reached anyone other than their devoted readers who already agree with them.

    Poetry

  • Robert Bly is a crank, Dana Gioia a conservative shil, and I'm not sure what Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, or Charles Simic have ever said that has reached anyone other than their devoted readers who already agree with them.

    May 2010

  • Robert Bly is a crank, Dana Gioia a conservative shil, and I'm not sure what Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, or Charles Simic have ever said that has reached anyone other than their devoted readers who already agree with them.

    The Reading Experience

  • Robert Bly is a crank, Dana Gioia a conservative shil, and I'm not sure what Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, or Charles Simic have ever said that has reached anyone other than their devoted readers who already agree with them.

    Outside the Realm of Poetry

  • Robert Bly is a crank, Dana Gioia a conservative shil, and I'm not sure what Gary Snyder, Wendell Berry, or Charles Simic have ever said that has reached anyone other than their devoted readers who already agree with them.

    Saying Something

  • To the new “Captain Bly” on the new ship of fools.

    Archive 2008-01-01

  • The U.S. warrant accuses Aswat of conspiring with others between October 1999 and April 2000 to set up a camp in Bly, Ore., aimed at training and equipping individuals to "fight jihad in Afghanistan," police said in a statement.

    08/07/2005

  • CB Dre 'Bly is expected to play, which would provide a big lift against the Packers' three-receiver formations.

    USATODAY.com - Week 6 previews

  • The writer of the story, Laura Bly, is a Veniceblog reader.

    Lontano: A Venetian Theory of Relativity

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