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Rareallay
The correct spelling is allay.
How to pronounce allay
/əˈleɪ/
nounIPA: /əˈleɪ/
Say it like: All-aee
The correct spelling is allay. Alleviation; abatement; check. For example: "to allay popular excitement"
Usage Examples
“to allay popular excitement”
“to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity”
Meanings
noun
- 1.Alleviation; abatement; check.
- 2.An alloy.
verb
- 1.To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- 2.To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- 3.To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- 4.To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- 5.(by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
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