See ruly on Wiktionary
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"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "er"
},
"expansion": "ruly (comparative rulier, superlative ruliest)",
"name": "en-adj"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"ru‧ly"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"English terms with rare senses"
],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2022, Jim Crace, eden, Picador, page 224:",
"text": "What is certain is that everything they see is strange: the lifeless neatness of the courtyard, the straightness of the paths, the ruly gang of labourers in their dull uniforms and with their ageless, polished faces.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Neat and orderly."
],
"links": [
[
"Neat",
"neat"
],
[
"orderly",
"orderly"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(rare) Neat and orderly."
],
"tags": [
"rare"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈɹuːli/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-uːli"
},
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}
],
"word": "ruly"
}
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