belie
/bɪˈlaɪ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.45 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "When little worlds collide, I'm trapped inside my embryonic cell / And flashing memories are cast into the never-ending well / The name that scorns the face / The child that never sees the cause of man / The deathly darkness that / Belies the fate of those who never ran"
- "but I… have, you know… But whenever China does something, whenever China figure out something, I… they always very quickly figure out to commercialize it, and commodify it, to make it significantly affordable. And, I think that's what's gonna happen here, and I think that's… a lot of the copium belies kinda the deep American anxiety of China catching up. What is your take on that Dr. Powell?"
- "Thou do’ſt bely him Percy, thou doſt bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower:"
- "Her smooth complexion and dark hair belie her actual age."
- "Should I do ſo I ſhould bely my thoughts, / Comfort's in heauen, and we are on the earth[…]"
- "Pand. Lady, you vtter madneſſe, and not ſorrow. Con. Thou art [not] holy to belye me ſo, I am not mad: This haire I teare is mine"
Etymology
From Middle English belyen, beliggen, from Old English beliċġan, biliċġan (“to lie around, surround, hedge in, encompass”), from Proto-West Germanic *biliggjan, from Proto-Germanic *biligjaną (“to lie around”). Equivalent to be- (“around, by”) + lie (“to be positioned”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈlaɪ/
- British English: /bɪˈlaɪ/