3 uses
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Definition
reduce the intensity of or calm
- He would have withdrawn from the feast had not the noise of voices allayed the smart.Episode 14 — Oxen Of The Sun (70% in)
- What qualifying considerations allayed his perturbations?Episode 17 — Ithaca (15% in)
- How was the irritation allayed?Episode 17 — Ithaca (61% in)
There are no more uses of "allay" in Ulysses by James Joyce.
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