Definition of reply

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Reply (v. i.) To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.

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Smart :: Smart (v. i.) Marked by acuteness or shrewdness; quick in suggestion or reply; vivacious; witty; as, a smart reply; a smart saying..
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Return :: Return (v. t.) To give back in reply; as, to return an answer; to return thanks..
Causticily :: Causticily (n.) Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark..
Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. t.) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..
Replication :: Replication (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea..
Surrein :: Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Answer :: Answer (n.) Something said or written in reply to a question, a call, an argument, an address, or the like; a reply..
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
Return :: Return (v. i.) To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
Repartee :: Repartee (n.) A smart, ready, and witty reply..
Replying :: Replying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Repl.
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..
Squeteague :: Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply..
Shrewd :: Shrewd (superl.) Able or clever in practical affairs; sharp in business; astute; sharp-witted; sagacious; keen; as, a shrewd observer; a shrewd design; a shrewd reply..
Replication :: Replication (n.) An answer; a reply.
Surrejoinder :: Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder..
Reply :: Reply (v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done; as, to reply to a signal; to reply to the fire of a battery..
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