The difference between Bally and Dashed
When used as adjectives, bally means bloody , whereas dashed means made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
Bally is also noun with the meaning: a balaclava.
Bally is also adverb with the meaning: very.
check bellow for the other definitions of Bally and Dashed
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Bally as an adjective (British, dated, euphemistic):
Bloody .
Examples:
"He's just a bally idiot."
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Bally as an adverb (UK, dated, euphemistic):
Very.
Examples:
"That was a bally foolish thing to do, old chap!"
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Bally as a noun (MLE):
A balaclava.
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Dashed as a verb:
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Dashed as an adjective (of a line):
Made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
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Dashed as an adjective (British, dated, informal, euphemism):
Damned.
Examples:
"It's a dashed shame that Tarquin failed all his A-levels — we were hoping to get him into Oxford."