- ruly
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adjective
Etymology: back-formation from unruly
Date: 1837
obedient, orderly <a ruly crowd>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
ruly
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ruly — ruly; un·ruly; … English syllables
Ruly — Rul y, a. [From {Rule}.] Orderly; easily restrained; opposed to {unruly}. [Obs.] Gascoigne. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ruly — rul·y (ro͞olʹlē) adj. ru·li·er, ru·li·est Neat and orderly: “A small, ruly beard balances his hair” (Whitney Balliett). [Back formation from unruly.] * * * … Universalium
ruly — adjective neat and tidy a small ruly beard • Similar to: ↑tidy … Useful english dictionary
ruly — adjective neat and orderly … Wiktionary
ruly — adj. governable, manageable; obedient, compliant … English contemporary dictionary
un·ruly — … Useful english dictionary
over-ruly — … Useful english dictionary
rulys — ×rulỹs, ė̃ adj. (4) apvalus, nusipenėjęs: Rulė̃ tokia motriška, t. y. drūkta ir apskrita J. Rùlės kiaulės buvo raumeningos Klm … Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language
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