Definition of reply

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Reply (v. i.) That which is said, written, or done in answer to what is said, written, or done by another; an answer; a response..

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Reply :: Reply (v. i.) To make a return in words or writing; to respond; to answer.
Diminution :: Diminution (n.) In counterpoint, the imitation of, or reply to, a subject, in notes of half the length or value of those the subject itself..
Reply :: Reply (v. t.) To return for an answer.
Adroit :: Adroit (a.) Dexterous in the use of the hands or in the exercise of the mental faculties; exhibiting skill and readiness in avoiding danger or escaping difficulty; ready in invention or execution; -- applied to persons and to acts; as, an adroit mechanic, an adroit reply..
Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. t.) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
Return :: Return (v. i.) To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
Tart :: Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke..
Surrein :: Surrebuter (n.) The reply of a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter.
Sour :: Sour (superl.) Disagreeable; unpleasant; hence; cross; crabbed; peevish; morose; as, a man of a sour temper; a sour reply..
Cutting :: Cutting (a.) Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply..
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Answer :: Answer (n.) To speak in defense against; to reply to in defense; as, to answer a charge; to answer an accusation..
Response :: Response (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
Redditive :: Redditive (a.) Answering to an interrogative or inquiry; conveying a reply; as, redditive words..
Retort :: Retort (v. t.) The return of, or reply to, an argument, charge, censure, incivility, taunt, or witticism; a quick and witty or severe response..
Respond :: Respond (v. t.) To answer; to reply.
Snub :: Snub (v. t.) To check, stop, or rebuke, with a tart, sarcastic reply or remark; to reprimand; to check..
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
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..
Occur :: Occur (v. i.) To go in order to meet; to make reply.
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