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Webster 1913 Edition


Tilly-vally

Til′ly-valˊly

,
int
erj.
,
adv.
, or
Adj.
A word of unknown origin and signification, formerly used as expressive of contempt, or when anything said was rejected as trifling or impertinent.
[Written also
tille-vally
,
tilly-fally
,
tille-fally
, and otherwise.]
Shak.

Definition 2024


tilly-vally

tilly-vally

English

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Interjection

tilly-vally

  1. (obsolete) Expressing contempt, or rejecting anything trifling or impertinent.
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