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Wanly vs Wally - What's the difference?

wanly | wally |

As an adverb wanly

is in a wan or pale manner.

As a proper noun Wally is

a diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.

As a noun wally is

a fool.

As a verb wally is

alternate pronunciation (and hence spelling) of value.

wanly

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a wan or pale manner.

    • Anagrams

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    wally

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of the male given names Walter and Wallace.
  • * 2005 Joyce Carol Oates: Mother, Missing . Harper Perennial. page 108:
    • "'Mr. Szalla' is my eighty-two-year-old father, Nikki. Please call me 'Wally'."
    "Well. 'Wally'."
    I felt my face burn pleasantly. "Wally " was such a comfortable old-shoe kind of name.

    Anagrams

    * English diminutives of male given names