Meanings
appley1
comparative more appley · superlative most appley · alternative apply
- Resembling apples, apple-like.
When it's good, a tarte tatin is divine: buttery pastry soaked in caramelly appley juices, sweet-tart tender fruit – the whole much greater than the summed parts.
2013, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, River Cottage Fruit Every Day!, page 179 - Of, or pertaining to, apples; malic.
Appley2
plural Appleys · alternative Apley · alternative Eppley
- countableuncountableA suburb of Ryde, Isle of Wight, England (OS grid ref SZ6092).
- countableuncountableA hamlet in Stawley parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST0721).
- countableuncountableThe village of Appley Bridge in Lancashire, England.
- countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.
Origin
appley · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ébōl
- Proto-Germanic*aplaz
- Proto-West Germanic*applu
- Old Englishæppel
- Middle Englishappel
- Englishapple
- Englishappley
Appley · proper noun
- Old Englishæppel
- EnglishAppley
From Old English æppel and leah, meaning "apple-tree clearing". Equivalent to apple + -ley (“lea”).
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appley. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/appley
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