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sallying

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of one who sallies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 4 September 1798, Charles Brockden Brown, letter to William Dunlap Johnson & I are pretty well, but E H S, by midnight sallyings forth, sudden changes of temperature, fatigue & exposure to a noon day sun, is made sick.

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verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of sally

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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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