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Forky vs Forby - What's the difference?

forky | forby |

As adjectives the difference between forky and forby

is that forky is forked while forby is uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.

As an adverb forby is

past; by; beyond.

As a preposition forby is

beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

forky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • forked
  • * {{quote-book, year=1857, author=Abigail Stanley Hanna, title=Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The forky lightning flashed, and the deep toned thunder reverberated peal on peal, while the shrieking winds rocked the tree tops, and poured their wild melody upon the ear. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1896, author=Captain Frederick Marryat, title=The Phantom Ship, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The column of fire now ascended above the main-top--licking with its forky tongue the top-mast rigging--and embracing the mainmast in its folds: and the loud roar with which it ascended proved the violence and rapidity of the combustion below, and how little time there was to be lost. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1921, author=Various, title=The Red Romance Book, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=At the sight of the young man it lashed its tail so violently that the earth trembled as if with an earthquake, while its forky tongue darted in and out with a deafening hissing noise. }}

    forby

    English

    Alternative forms

    * foreby * (l)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Uncommon; out of the ordinary; extraordinary; superior.
  • He's a forbye man.

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Past; by; beyond.
  • * 1899 , Richard Garnett, Alois Leonhard Brandl, The universal anthology :
  • To see the world and folk that went forby , [...]
  • Uncommonly; exceptionally.
  • He was forby kind.

    Preposition

    (English prepositions)
  • Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.
  • Past; gone by; over.
  • Near; beside; by, close to.
  • * 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.viii:
  • Those were the two sonnes of Acrates old / Who meeting earst with Archimago slie, / Foreby that idle strond, of him were told, / That he, wich earst them combatted, was Guyon bold.
  • On one side; out of the way.
  • Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.
  • There was other six forby me.
  • With the exception of; not taking into account.
  • ---- ==Norwegian BokmÃ¥l==

    Verb

  • to ban
  • to forbid
  • to prohibit
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