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- verb Obsolete spelling of
belie .
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Examples
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This seems to bely a lack of awareness of the size and capabilities of our military.
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This 18-29 year old educated hipster in a low tax state looks forward to returning to the rust bely, buying a 50,000 dollar house, and enjoying a combined mortgage and tax outlay within my means.
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And yet, Bloomberg's actions seem to bely that lack of interest.
Why Mike Bloomberg won't run for president (VIDEO) Chris Cillizza 2010
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What Company earlier and now, guarantees your retirement for ever??? even if goes bely up.
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In fact, their countenances bely the sort of spiritual ecstasy generally reserved for those who practice asceticism and suspend themselves with flesh hooks:
Consumer Innovation: Putting the Solution Before the Problem BikeSnobNYC 2010
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This seems to bely a lack of awareness of the size and capabilities of our military.
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Bystander, although i feel your comments were made with purely good intentions, I however feel they bely an innocence if not an apparent naivety about how the system works.
No Alarms and No Surprises (2) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2007
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In other words in the prism of the worst circumstances for African-Americans they exhibited instincts for self-improvement that bely, to an extent, the concept that historical discrimination has somehow driven this possibility for advancement despite disadvantage from the quiver of possible social responses to mean circumstances.
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Instead, Krugman chooses to cherry-pick instances that confirm a hypothesis that he holds personally, ignoring all facts and examples that might bely his claim.
Krugman: "Most Of The Venom" In This Race Comes From Obama Supporters 2009
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As I looked around the room I saw many, I dare the vast majority, peoples' expressions bely their utter confusion and stress from just thinking about trying to use the software on their own.
The Jitterbug of Educational Technology Mr. Byrne 2008
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