hurly
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9.9
- adjective
- /ˈhɜrli/
- Archaic
- "I do think judges should be somewhat on pedestals and above the hurly-burly."
- the hurly-burly
Examples
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Where the West and the "state of nature" represented by Indian tribes symbolized escape in the Early Republic, the plantation and the "simple" agrarian life of the past emerged as a model of escape in the hurly-burly of the turn of the twentieth century.
Academic text (2017) -
She enjoyed the hurly of the city streets during the day, bustling with activity and chatter.
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Get away from the hurly-burly for a little while.
Fiction book (1996) -
In this hurly-burly of insanity
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now that you've retired from the hurly-burly of the silver screen
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An inborn preference for calm had blossomed, absent the hurly-burly of other porcine companions, into a decided disinclination toward any noise or disruption whatsoever.
Fiction book (1995) -
Instead of simply placing the conversational hurly-burly of the restaurant crowd within the quotation marks of direct discourse, Ponge allows it to pervade his descriptive prose.
Academic text (1997) -
The festival was filled with hurly, as people danced and laughed around the crowded square.
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After a day of hurly at the amusement park, the children fell asleep as soon as they got home.
Synonyms
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3.6
Making a lot of noise and disturbing other people
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4.1
Full of busy, noisy activity and many people
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6.4
Very rough and stormy, with strong wind and big waves
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8.7
Loud and lively in a wild way
Antonyms
Compounds
How Noisy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hurly comes from the old phrase hurly-burly, and uses the idea of hurl 'to throw' to picture people and things being tossed about. So hurly means noisy, disorderly, and full of commotion.