"agee" meaning in English

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Adverb

Forms: more agee [comparative], most agee [superlative]
Etymology: From a- + gee. A preposition of state + gee (“to move to one side”), from gee or jee, a call to a horse to move to one side. Etymology templates: {{pre|en|a|gee}} a- + gee, {{m|en|gee||to move to one side}} gee (“to move to one side”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} agee (comparative more agee, superlative most agee)
  1. (Scotland, dialect, archaic) Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line. Tags: Scotland, archaic, dialectal Synonyms: ajee [Scotland]

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