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Agen vs Agee - What's the difference?

agen | agee |

As adverbs the difference between agen and agee

is that agen is while agee is (scotland and dialect, archaic ) aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.

As a preposition agen

is .

agen

English

Adverb

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  • *1832-1837 , John Clare, Approaching Night
  • *:O, how I long to be agen
  • *:That poor and independent man,
  • *:With labour's lot from morn to night
  • *:And books to read at candle light;

    • Preposition

    (English prepositions)
    • ----

    agee

    English

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • (Scotland and dialect, archaic ) Aside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.
  • *1800 , Alexander Carlyle, Autobiography
  • *:I wore my hat agee .
  • *1837 , Catharine Sedgwick, Live and Let Live
  • *:A looking-glass that don't make you look as if your face was all agee .

    • See also

    * ajee