Sallying

noun, verb

noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of one who sallies.

    "4 September 1798, Charles Brockden Brown, letter to William Dunlap Johnson & I are pretty well, but E H S, by midnight sallyings forth, sudden changes of temperature, fatigue & exposure to a noon day sun, is made sick."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of sally form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms
sortiewisecrackaccessaggravated assaultaggressionamphibious attack

Example

More examples

"4 September 1798, Charles Brockden Brown, letter to William Dunlap Johnson & I are pretty well, but E H S, by midnight sallyings forth, sudden changes of temperature, fatigue & exposure to a noon day sun, is made sick."

More for "sallying"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.