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MISALLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does misally mean?
• MISALLY (verb)
The verb MISALLY has 1 sense:
1. make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately
Familiarity information: MISALLY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they misally ... he / she / it misallies
Past simple: misallied
Past participle: misallied
-ing form: misallying
Past simple: misallied
Past participle: misallied
-ing form: misallying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make a bad alliance; ally inappropriately
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
The two countries are misallied
Hypernyms (to "misally" is one way to...):
ally (become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Derivation:
misalliance (an unsuitable alliance (especially with regard to marriage))
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