Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The rim or a section of the rim of a wheel supported by spokes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The circular rim of a wheel, into which the outer ends of the spokes are inserted; in the plural, the curved pieces of wood which, joined together by dowel-pins, form the circumference or circular rim of a cart- or carriage-wheel, each receiving the end of at least one spoke.
- In a fell manner; cruelly; grimly; fiercely; ruthlessly.
- A dialectal variant of
fallow .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a fell or cruel manner; fiercely; barbarously; savagely.
- noun The exterior wooden rim, or a segment of the rim, of a wheel, supported by the spokes.
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- adverb
Fiercely ,harshly . - noun The outer
rim of awheel , supported by thespokes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A felly is the outward rim of a wheel: it was formerly written felloe.
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It was all started, apparently, by a worthless 'felly' from Castleton, who had a great reputation as a medium, and would come over on summer evenings to conduct seances at Frimley and the places near.
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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Its more government spending that we and our kids have to pay for. felly
Baucus could send proposal to 'Gang of Six' on Saturday 2009
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Pam, felly, bod eich plaid wedi treulio'r 12 mlynedd ddiwethaf yn hudo'r rhacsyn hyll o bapur i'ch cefnogi.
Y Blaid Lafur a'r Sun Dyfrig 2009
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Llais Gwynedd, a oedd yn dadlau dros gadw'r nifer ar 15 a gollodd y bleidlais, felly.
Archive 2009-05-01 Dyfrig 2009
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Roeddwn i'n teithio o Gaerdydd ar y tren prynhawn ddoe, ac felly chlywais i ddim mo'r newyddion tan i mi fynd i mewn i dacsi ym Mangor.
Archive 2009-02-01 Dyfrig 2009
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Mae 'na bosibilrwydd, felly, y bydd 'na fewnfudo i Gaernarfon tra bo'r carchar yn cael ei godi - a dwi ddim yn gwybod os y gallwn ni wneud unrhyw beth i rwystro hyn.
Archive 2009-02-01 Dyfrig 2009
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Mae 'na bosibilrwydd, felly, y bydd 'na fewnfudo i Gaernarfon tra bo'r carchar yn cael ei godi - a dwi ddim yn gwybod os y gallwn ni wneud unrhyw beth i rwystro hyn.
Carchar i Gaernarfon Dyfrig 2009
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Mae'r turnout yn isel, ac mae 'na ganfyddiad ymysg rhai etholwyr nad oes arwyddocad i'r etholiad, ac felly yn gyfle i fwrw pleidlais brotest - dwy ffactor sydd wedi ffafrio Plaid Cymru yn draddodiadol.
Etholiadau Ewrop Dyfrig 2009
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Yn anffodus, roeddwn i'n eistedd mewn car yn teithio i lawr yr A55 tra 'roedd Adam Price yn traddodi ei araith ddydd Sadwrn, felly chefais i ddim mo'r cyfle i'w chlywed yn fyw.
Archive 2009-09-01 Dyfrig 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word felly
Who knew?
April 15, 2011
bilby commented on the word felly
Fascinating.
December 16, 2015
qms commented on the word felly
When peasants were gin-soaked and smelly
The wagon was hitched to Old Nelly.
The churls with the wobbles
Were trundled 'cross cobbles
While feeling the strike of each felly.
May 3, 2016