SALLY


Meaning of SALLY in English

(sallies, ~ing, sallied)

1.

Sallies are clever and amusing remarks. (LITERARY)

He had thus far succeeded in fending off my conversational sallies.

N-COUNT

2.

If someone sallies forth or sallies somewhere, they go out into a rather difficult, dangerous, or unpleasant situation in a brave or confident way. (LITERARY)

...worrying about her when she sallies forth on her first date...

Tamara would ~ out on bitterly cold nights.

VERB: V forth , V prep/adv

Sally is also a noun.

...their first sallies outside the student world.

N-COUNT

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