"bely" meaning in English

See bely in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: belies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bely (plural belies)
  1. Obsolete spelling of belly. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: belly
    Sense id: en-bely-en-noun-JzIrtcEH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: belies [present, singular, third-person], belying [participle, present], belied [participle, past], belied [past], belyed [participle, past], belyed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=~ed}} bely (third-person singular simple present belies, present participle belying, simple past and past participle belied or belyed)
  1. Obsolete spelling of belie. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: belie
    Sense id: en-bely-en-verb-EOgzQjH- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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