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What (who) is Sully - definition
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Sullies; Sullied; Sullying; Sully (disambiguation)
sully
v. a.
1.
Soil, stain, tarnish, spot, blemish, dirty, contaminate, deface.
2.
Stain, soil, tarnish, blemish, dishonor, disgrace, contaminate.
sully
['s?li]
¦ verb (sullies, sullying, sullied) literary damage the purity or integrity of.
?make dirty.
Origin
C16: perh. from Fr. souiller 'to soil'.
sully
(sullies, sullying, sullied)
1.
If something is sullied by something else, it is damaged so that it is no longer pure or of such high value. (FORMAL)
The City's reputation has been sullied by scandals like those at Lloyd's...
She claimed they were sullying her good name.
VERB: be V-ed, V n
2.
If someone sullies something, they make it dirty. (FORMAL)
I felt loath to sully the gleaming brass knocker by handling it.
VERB: V n
Wikipedia
Sully
Sully may refer to:
- Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger (born 1951), American pilot notable for landing his disabled airliner on the Hudson
- Sully (film), a 2016 film by Clint Eastwood about Sullenberger
Examples of use of Sully
1. "Sully" Sullenberger, who spoke to NTSB investigators Saturday.
2. "Sully" Sullenberger, could hardly have been better prepared.
3. The attacks could sully more than the candidates‘ images.
4. Diana grew up in the village of Sully, near Cardiff.
5. Sully Prudhomme, the author of... (well, you tell me!) did.