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Muhly

Muhly

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A family name used by some people
  • proper noun
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  • (AFP Photo / Peter Muhly)

Examples

  • It now also supports promising young composers of today—hence the Muhly premiere, a brilliant piece for piano solo titled You Can't Get There from Here.

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  • Simone Dinnerstein gave the world premiere of Nico Muhly's "You Can't Get There from Here."

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  • I just love pink Muhly grass and am so happy to have some of this in our gardens.

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  • So far, all we've done is pull some weeds, but it's made enough of a difference that we can finally admire the autumn splendor of Muhly Grass and Winter Cassia.

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  • "Well, there's what's legally acceptable, and then there's what's morally acceptable," says James Muhly, former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and a professor emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

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  • James Muhly is a professor of Oriental Studies and chairman of the graduate group in ancient history at the University of Pennsylvania.

  • Simone Dinnerstein gave the world premiere of Nico Muhly's "You Can't Get There from Here."

  • "Well, there's what's legally acceptable, and then there's what's morally acceptable," says James Muhly, former director of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

The word Muhly is a family name, a 'surname'. A helpful way to remember Muhly is to think of names that come from old jobs or places, like Miller, which shows a job at a mill, so Muhly is best remembered as a family name passed down through generations.