sally
/ˈsæli/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A willow.
noun
A witty statement or quip, usually at the expense of one's interlocutor.
Example Sentences
- "The rest of his horsemen the Duke sent to his campe, bicause they heard a great noise there, and doubted the enimies sally, and indeede they had issued foorth thrise, but were alwaies repulsed, especially through the valiantns of the English men that the Duke left there behind him [...]"
- "The besieged made another Sally, and killed several of the Enemy at Penyburn-Hill, but were forced to Retreat, being pressed by the Enemies Horse, who charged us on all sides."
- "Flocks of these birds stir up flying insects, which can then be picked off in quick sallies."
- "Till then she had never formed an idea of one so gifted and so charming. She listened with astonishment to her companion's gay sallies, and answers, as piquant as they were ready."
- "Bull snuffed; he never paid any attention to her sallies but he heard them."
- "The stakes are low and the story beats are incidental amid the rush of largely mild visual gags and verbal sallies like “Blood Island! So called because it’s the exact shape of some blood!”"
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Usage
- Intransitive verb
- New Zealand usage
- Slang
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- British usage