Standard Lemma guide

agee

adv · name · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • CMU ARPABET: EY1 JH IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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adv

Meaning 1

Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Scotland, archaic, dialectal

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

United States novelist (1909-1955)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: James Agee

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: novelist

History

Etymology

From a- + gee. A preposition of state + gee (“to move to one side”), from gee or jee, a call to a horse to move to one side.