-ie

//-iː//

"-ie" in a Sentence (22 examples)

"Polly, I wish you 'd let me call you Marie," said Fanny one day, as they were shopping together. ¶ "You may call me Mary, if you like; but I won't have any ie put on to my name. I'm Polly at home and I'm fond of being called so; but Marie is Frenchified and silly." ¶ "I spell my own name with an ie, and so do all the girls." ¶ "And what a jumble of Netties, Nellies, Hatties, and Sallies there is. How 'Pollie' would look spelt so!"

dear → dearie

sweet → sweetie

smile → smilie (also smiley)

Catherine → Cathie (also Cathi, Cathy); Katherine → Kathie (also Kathi, Kathy)

Bill → Billie (also Billi, Billy)

Jesse → Jessie

Bill → Billie

James → Jamie

bike → bikie

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fridge → fridgie (“fridge magnet”)

road → roadie

surf → surfie

town → townie

slow → slowie

small → smallie

tough → toughie

alright → alrightie

eww → ewwie

good → goodie

oops → oopsie

hug → huggie

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