Sally
['sælɪ] or ['sæli]
Definition
(noun.) a venture off the beaten path; 'a sally into the wide world beyond his home'.
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Definition
(v. i.) To leap or rush out; to burst forth; to issue suddenly; as a body of troops from a fortified place to attack besiegers; to make a sally.
(v.) A leaping forth; a darting; a spring.
(v.) A rushing or bursting forth; a quick issue; a sudden eruption; specifically, an issuing of troops from a place besieged to attack the besiegers; a sortie.
(v.) An excursion from the usual track; range; digression; deviation.
(v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind.
(v.) Transgression of the limits of soberness or steadiness; act of levity; wild gayety; frolic; escapade.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Sortie.[2]. Digression, excursion.[3]. Frolic, escapade, wild gayety.[4]. Jest, joke, quip, quirk, crank, witticism, JEU D'ESPRIT, sprightly fancy, flash of wit.
v. n. Rush out, issue suddenly, sally forth.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Burst, start, issue
ANT:Retire, retreat, withdraw
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Definition
n. a kind of stone-fly: a wren.—n. Sall′ypick′er one of several different warblers.
n. a leaping or bursting out: a sudden rushing forth of troops to attack besiegers: excursion: outburst of fancy wit &c.: levity: a projection.—v.i. to rush out suddenly: to mount:—pa.t. and pa.p. sall′ied.—n. Sall′y-port a passage by which a garrison may make a sally: a large port for the escape of a crew when a fire-ship is set on fire.
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Examples
- William's sally had quite broken and cast her down. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Dorset greeted the sally with delight. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Deborah, the prophetess, told Barak to take ten thousand men and sally forth against another King Jabin who had been doing something. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Pancks recognised the sally in his usual way, and took in his provender in his usual way. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- At this sally another special laughed, and then tried to look so supernaturally solemn, that the magistrate detected him immediately. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If you please, mistress,' said a withered old female pauper, hideously ugly: putting her head in at the door, 'Old Sally is a-going fast. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Well, laws, I 's a thinkin, Missis, it's time Sally was put along to be doin' something. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I have known as many as three copper-plate engravers exchanging the most exquisite sallies and retorts there, at one time. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Reform tickets make periodic sallies against it, crying economy, efficiency, and a business administration. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- At the uprising of morn, we sat at our repast, and cheated our regrets by gay sallies or learned disquisitions. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- He was gay, playful, fascinating--but never did he overstep the modesty of nature, or the respect due to himself, in his wildest sallies. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Not that she was inclined to sarcasm and to impulsive sallies, as Mary was. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- There were some sallies and minor successes, and Antony was loud with challenges to Octavian to decide the matter by personal combat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We were all virtuous girls when Amy, one fine afternoon, left her father's house and sallied forth, like Don Quixote, in quest of adventures. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Legree, though he talked so stoutly to Cassy, still sallied forth from the house with a degree of misgiving which was not common with him. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- After a hearty breakfast, the four gentlemen sallied forth to walk to Gravesend, followed by a man bearing the stone in its deal box. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I promised to comply, as soon as I could get away; and after the curtain fell, sallied forth on my melancholy errand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She saw Mr. Lawrence drive off, and then sallied out to dig her way down to the hedge, where she paused and took a survey. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It was a dull and heavy evening when they again sallied forth on their awkward errand. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- And he sallied out of the inn, bending his steps once more in the direction of Brompton. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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