Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: stanley
IPA transcription: [st'ænli]
Pronunciations of stanley
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Stanley, Henry_M._Stanley, Sir_Henry_Morton_Stanley, John_Rowlands
    Meaning: Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904)
  • Synonyms: Stanley, Francis_Edgar_Stanley
    Meaning: United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918)
Usage examples
  • Stanley shrugged.
  • Stanley, the Professor and I each took an end.
  • Aboard her were a Professor George Berry and the owner, Stanley Browne.
  • Stanley, the Professor and a Zyobite came up in the rear with their three hoses.
  • That perverse and utterly selfish brother, Stanley Lake, had chosen to take his leave.
  • "Light up!" ordered Stanley, setting an example by touching his hose nozzle to the nearest wall jet.
  • "If you asked me, I'd say we couldn't last another three hours anyway," replied Stanley with a shrug.
  • "It ought to work," Stanley, repeated several times as though trying to reassure himself as well as us.
  • They had not walked together very far, when Stanley recollected that he must take his leave, and walk back to Gylingden; and so the young lady and Lord Chelford were left to pursue their way towards Redman's Farm together.
  • I think Lord Chelford perceived there was something amiss between the young people, for his eye rested on Rachel with a momentary look of enquiry, unconscious, no doubt, and quickly averted, and he went on chatting pleasantly; but he looked, once or twice, a little hard at Stanley Lake.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording To Kill a Mockingbird (film), License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Introduction to viruses, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Truthiness, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of the Grand Canyon area, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording George V, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Flag of Canada, License CC BY-SA 4.0