Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as cicely.

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  • proper noun A female given name, from the medieval vernacular form of Cecilia.

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Examples

  • Yes, it sounded very much as if he had said the name Cecily.

    Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare 2010

  • Cecily is here because she loves to read the blogs and she likes to keep up with what Dru Blood is up to.

    Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Delurk! Delurk! 2006

  • Eleanore had hidden one of the small oil lamps under her shawl and the one they called Cecily had taken another one.

    The Night Dance Suzanne Weyn 2008

  • I had previously read in Cecily's post that, although Tilda Swinton is wonderful, she just wasn't scary enough (and the witch is suppose to have dark hair).

    Archive 2005-12-01 Jessica 2005

  • I had previously read in Cecily's post that, although Tilda Swinton is wonderful, she just wasn't scary enough (and the witch is suppose to have dark hair).

    When Books Come to Life Jessica 2005

  • And there are two young women, one called Cecily and one called Gwendolen.

    Pragmatic Theater Stoppard, Tom 1999

  • She was sitting right there where Cecily is now, and she got up at once and marched right out of the orchard, but at the gate she turned to call back indignantly, 'I guess you'd better wait till you've prayed the conceit out of yourself before you begin on me, Ned King.

    The Story Girl Lucy Maud 1911

  • He can handle a hoe more deftly than a pencil, and his spelling, even with all his frequent appeals to Cecily, is a fearful and wonderful thing.

    The Story Girl Lucy Maud 1911

  • Cecily is well and says she isn't going to curl her hair any more.

    The Story Girl Lucy Maud 1911

  • Ailwin Corde, widowed a few years ago and married again, against his grown son's wishes, to a fine, flaunting beauty a third his age, called Cecily ...

    The Sanctuary Sparrow Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1983

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