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Meaning of paly | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

/ˈpeɪli/

Definitions

Palewise; vertically striped.
not-comparable
Pale; lacking colour.
obsolete

Examples

“Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips With twenty thousand kisses,”

“c. 1857-1873, John Greenleaf Whittier, "The Reformer" Young Romance raised his dreamy eyes, With that deep insight which detects O'erhung with paly locks of gold”

CEFR level

B1

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

See also

palygorskitic palymitoylated palynofloral palynologic palynological palynomorphic