Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to cly
Participle: clied
Gerund: clying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | cly |
| you | cly |
| he;she;it | clies |
| we | cly |
| you | cly |
| they | cly |
Perfect
| I | have clied |
| you | have clied |
| he;she;it | has clied |
| we | have clied |
| you | have clied |
| they | have clied |
Past
| I | clied |
| you | clied |
| he;she;it | clied |
| we | clied |
| you | clied |
| they | clied |
Pluperfect
| I | had clied |
| you | had clied |
| he;she;it | had clied |
| we | had clied |
| you | had clied |
| they | had clied |
Future
| I | will cly |
| you | will cly |
| he;she;it | will cly |
| we | will cly |
| you | will cly |
| they | will cly |
Future Perfect
| I | will have clied |
| you | will have clied |
| he;she;it | will have clied |
| we | will have clied |
| you | will have clied |
| they | will have clied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | cly |
| you | cly |
| he;she;it | cly |
| we | cly |
| you | cly |
| they | cly |
Perfect
| I | have clied |
| you | have clied |
| he;she;it | have clied |
| we | have clied |
| you | have clied |
| they | have clied |
Imperfect
| I | clied |
| you | clied |
| he;she;it | clied |
| we | clied |
| you | clied |
| they | clied |
Pluperfect
| I | had clied |
| you | had clied |
| he;she;it | had clied |
| we | had clied |
| you | had clied |
| they | had clied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would cly |
| you | would cly |
| he;she;it | would cly |
| we | would cly |
| you | would cly |
| they | would cly |
Perfect
| I | would have clied |
| you | would have clied |
| he;she;it | would have clied |
| we | would have clied |
| you | would have clied |
| they | would have clied |
Imperative
| you | cly |
| we | Let's cly |
| you | cly |
Verbs conjugated like 'cly'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'cly'
clay,
cloy,
coy,
cry,
fly,
ply,
acoy,
ally,
bay,
boy,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Probably related to claw (compare Low German kleien, klaien (“to claw, scratch, grasp, seize”), dialectal German klauen, kläuen, kleuen (“to steal”), German klauen (“to steal, rip off”)).
2. Alternatively referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment. See: Low Saxon 'kleien', German, old spelling '
klauen', German, old spelling '
klauen'.
Sample Sentences
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Wapping thou I know does love, / Else the ruffin cly the mort; / From thy stampers then remove, / Thy drawers, and let's prig in sport. [1707, “The Maunder's Praise of his Strowling Mort”, in Farmer, John Stephen, editor, Musa Pedestris, published 1896, page 34:]