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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • 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 Jena McGregor 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.

    Poetry 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.

    May 2010 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 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.

    Outside the Realm of Poetry 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.

    Saying Something 2010

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

    Archive 2008-01-01 Not a sheep 2008

  • 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 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 2004

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

    Lontano: A Venetian Theory of Relativity 2004

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