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gaily | hayley |

As an adverb gaily

is merrily.

As a proper noun hayley is

an english placename.

gaily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • Merrily.
  • Showily.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
    • , chapter=7 citation , passage=The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.}}

    hayley

    English

    (Hayley Westenra) (Hayley Williams)

    Alternative forms

    * Hailey * Haley * (female name only) Hailie, Haylee, Hayleigh, Haylie

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • An English placename.
  • (More often spelled Haley).
  • transferred from the surname; rare compared to the female name.
  • transferred from the surname. Popular in the UK in the 1970s and the 1980s.

    • Usage notes

    * The female name is usually spelled Haley or Hailey in the U.S., and it became popular later than in the UK.

    Quotations

    * 2000 , Lip Reading , Franz Steiner Verlag, ISBN 1861053592, page 12 *: Just think of the explanation required one day for all those Kylies and Stings and Hayleys', for heaven's sake! ' Well, it doesn't mean anything, darling - it's from ' Hayley Mills. Well, she's an actress and her mother named her after her own maiden name. No, she was a writer, actually...Oh, shut up and be thankful I didn't call you Sigourney like your father wanted...' * 2007 Crissy Pagdett, Kelly's Destiny: Closest Betrayal , AuthorHouse, ISBN 1434342549, page 98 *: I closed my eyes and listened to him saying the names. *: "That is the one...Hayley Dawn Calvin. That is gorgeous and it fits perfect." *: "I like it too, it sounds good."

    References

    * Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988. * Social Security Administration: given name statistics in the USA * FreeBMD : given name statistics in England and Wales

    External links

    * (wikipedia "Hayley")