Definition of Beckley

1. Noun. A city in southern West Virginia.

Generic synonyms: City, Metropolis, Urban Center
Group relationships: Mountain State, West Virginia, Wv

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beckley

Becke line
Becker
Becker's disease
Becker's muscular dystrophy
Becker's nevus
Becker's stain
Becker muscular dystrophy
Becker type muscular dystrophy
Becker type tardive muscular dystrophy
Beckett
Beckettian
Beckham
Beckhamesque
Beckhams
Becki
Beckley
Beckman thermometer
Beckmann's apparatus
Becks
Beckwith
Beckwith syndrome
Becky
Beclard's anastomosis
Beclard's hernia
Beclard's triangle
Becquerel
Becquerel rays
Bed-Stuy
Beda

Literary usage of Beckley

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Digest of the Early Connecticut Probate Records by Charles William Manwaring (1902)
"I Richard beckley of Wethersfield doe make this my last Will ... Also I doe order & Will that my son Nathaniel beckley shall maintain his Mother, ..."

2. Sketches of Debate in the First Senate of the United States, in 1789-90-91 by William Maclay, George Washington Harris (1880)
"Mr. beckley, (Clerk of the House of Representatives,) announced that he brought a new resolve, for the safe-keeping of prisoners, &c. 2. ..."

3. The Works of George Meredith by George Meredith (1896)
"CHAPTER XXXVII THE RETREAT FROM beckley NEVER would the Countess believe that brother of hers, idiot as by nature he might be, and heir to unnumbered ..."

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