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Definition: Marly |
MarlyAdjective1. Of or relating to or resembling or abounding in marl. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Marly" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a pleasant wood". |
Date "marly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1839. (references) |
Note: Marly \Marl"y\, adjective. [Comparative Marlier; superlative Marliest.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mining | Pertaining to, containing, or resembling marl; e.g., marly limestone containing 5% to 15% clay and 85% to 95% carbonate, or marly soil containing at least 15% calcium carbonate and no more than 75% clay (inaddition to other constituents). (references) |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | We keep a Marly cheap ("Left & Right Featuring Method Man And Redman"; performing artist: D'Angelo) | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The horses of Marly, those neighing marbles, were curveting in a golden cloud. |
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| "Marly" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 57.14% of the time. "Marly" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 57.14% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Adverb (general) | 42.86% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 7 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| "Marly" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a pleasant wood". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Marly." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Marlee | Female | English | Marley |
| Marley | Male, Female | English | N/A |
| Marly | Male | English | Marley |
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| Country | Name |
| Colombia | Clinica de Marly |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "marly": Marly-le-roi. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bob marly | 127 |
marly | 8 |
bob lyrics marly | 6 |
bob marly picture | 4 |
manson marly | 4 |
marly ziggy | 4 |
chance marly | 3 |
marly rusoff | 3 |
marly le roi | 3 |
marly shelton | 2 |
marly renaud | 2 |
industrie marly | 2 |
cafe marly | 2 |
bob marly pic | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "marly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسمد بالمرل. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Мергелен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | mergeljord (marl, marly soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mergelgrond (marl, marly soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | merkelimaa (marl, marly soil), merkeli (bog line, loam, marl, marly soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | Marneux, marne (marl). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Mergelboden (marl, marly soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Λιπαντικόσ, Ασβεστώδησ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Márgás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | terreno marnoso (marl, marly soil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | marlagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arlymay Merlim (buckram, marline). (various references) Мергельный. (various references) laporast. (various references) Margoso. (various references) märgeljord (marl, marly soil). (various references) Kireçli Toprak Gibi. (various references) Мергельний. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-l-m-r-y" | |
-1 letter: amyl, army, aryl, marl. | |
-2 letters: arm, lam, lar, lay, mar, may, ram, ray, rya, yam, yar. | |
-3 letters: al, am, ar, ay, la, ma, my, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-l-m-r-y" | |
+1 letter: marbly, warmly. | |
+2 letters: almonry, brambly, lamprey, majorly, malarky, mayoral, miliary, morally, palmary, palmyra, smartly. | |
+3 letters: amorally, calamary, carbamyl, claymore, creamily, cymbaler, dreamily, empyreal, formally, graymail, lamasery, laminary, lampreys, lampyrid, limitary, luminary, malarkey, mannerly, markedly, martyrly, masterly, matronly, maturely, meagerly, meagrely, military, milliary, mislayer, molarity, morality, mortally, normalcy, normally, palmyras, playroom, ramosely, randomly, royalism, smarmily, yarmelke, yarmulke. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 61 72 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- .- .-. .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01100001 01110010 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M a r l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0061 0072 006C 0079 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4767847891 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Derived from 7. Names: Company Usage 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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