volleyedadj.
/ˈvɒlɪd/, U.S. /ˈvɑlid/ 1. Shouted or uttered in the manner of a volley.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > [adjective] > utterance of vocal sound > uttered > in succession
volleyeda1625
a1625 J. Fletcher Bonduca iii. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Hhhh2/1 Heark..how the air totters and reels, and rends apieces, Drusus, With the huge vollied clamours.
1813 W. Scott Rokeby v. 261 He strove, with vollied threat and ban,..To rally up the desperate fight.
2.
a. Of thunder or lightning: Discharged with the noise or continuous effect of a volley.Very common in poetry of the 18th cent.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [adjective]
volleyed1667
bickering1789
volleying1796
the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [adjective] > discharged
volleyed1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 928 When in Battel to thy aide The blasting volied Thunder made all speed. View more context for this quotation
1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 212 Some pitying God..With vollied vengeance blast their tow'ring pride!
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 188 She springs aloft Thro' fields of air; pursues the flying storm; Rides on the volley'd lightning thro' the heav'ns.
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 35 The vollied flame rides in my breath, My blast is elemental death.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 60 While skies in vollied rolls are rent.
b. Of the nature of a volley.
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the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adjective] > of or relating to projectile > projected through space > simultaneously > of nature of
volleyed1835
1835 J. Harris Great Teacher (1837) 25 He discharged its tremendous contents in one volleyed and prolonged explosion.
3. Of missiles, etc.: Discharged or cast in or as in a volley. Also in figurative context.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > [adjective] > volleying or volleyed
showered1620
volleyed1759
volleying1796
the world > movement > impelling or driving > projecting through space or throwing > [adjective] > of or relating to projectile > projected through space > simultaneously
volleyed1759
volleying1796
1759 W. Mason Caractacus 72 Our vollied darts, That thick as hail fell on their helms.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. viii. 78 The vollied weapons on both sides their task Perform'd effectual.
1797 T. Park Sonnets 78 Then will we fire a vollied round, And uncharg'd goblets shall resound.
1853 W. C. Bryant Poems (new ed.) 50 And bounding on the frozen earth Shall fall their [sc. clouds'] volleyed stores rounded like hail.
4. Tennis. Returned by volleying.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > racket games > lawn tennis > [adjective] > types of stroke or ball
unreturnable1740
boasted1878
volleyed1878
overhand1881
back-handed1889
forehand1889
forehanded1889
Lawford1893
overhead1904
undercut1920
kicking1924
overarm1929
two-fisted1960
sliced1971
inside-out1977
inside-in1999
1878 J. Marshall Ann. Tennis 226/2 Volleyed service.
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