bely
English
Verb
bely
- Obsolete spelling of belie
- 1871, Catullus, The Poems and Fragments of Catullus:
- So he'll quickly devour the way, if only He's no booby; for all a snowy maiden Chide imperious, and her hands around him Both in jealousy clasp'd, refuse departure. 10 She, if only report the truth bely not, Doats, as hardly within her own possession. 3.
- 1985, William Gaddis, chapter 3, in Carpenter's Gothic, page 64:
- ... the cool grey calm of his eyes belying... belying? She found the dictionary under the telephone book, sought for bely and could not find it.
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