Definition of Replying

1. Verb. (present participle of reply) ¹

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Definition of Replying

1. reply [v] - See also: reply

Lexicographical Neighbors of Replying

replugs
replum
replumb
replumbed
replumbing
replumbs
replunge
replunged
replunges
replunging
reply
reply-paid
replyed
replyer
replyers
replying (current term)
repmobile
repmobiles
repo
repo man
repo men
repocket
repocketed
repocketing
repockets
repogle
repogles
repoint
repointed
repointing

Literary usage of Replying

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

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"replying to whit Garrick had written in return, he assured him that the piece ' was much hissed throughout the first act. I was myself in the gallery, ..."

2. The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Containing His Correspondence, and His by Alexander Hamilton (1850)
"... in replying, the frankness which is due to you and them, and which is not less due to my own character, forbids me to dissemble. ..."

3. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"On Grant's replying next day, ' I have reported almost daily the condition ' of my command, and reported every position occupied,' he received a stern reply ..."

4. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"replying TO HENRY CLAY (From the "Independent Treasury" Debate in the United States Senate, March, 1838) I wHO have changed no opinion, abandoned no ..."

5. The Works of George Berkeley ...: Including His Posthumous Works; with by George Berkeley (1901)
"... REASONS FOR NOT replying TO MR. WALTON'S FULL ANSWER IX A LETTER TO PTP BY THE AUTHOR OF The Minute Philosopher Ex Fumo lucem First published in 1735 ..."

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