Definition of reply

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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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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..
Answer :: Answer (v. i.) To speak or write by way of return (originally, to a charge), or in reply; to make response..
Retort :: Retort (v. i.) To return an argument or a charge; to make a severe reply.
Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. i.) To answer to a reply.
Rejoinder :: Rejoinder (n.) An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply..
Ingenious :: Ingenious (a.) Witty; shrewd; adroit; keen; sagacious; as, an ingenious reply..
Squeteague :: Squelch (n.) A heavy fall, as of something flat; hence, also, a crushing reply..
Remurmur :: Remurmur (v. t. & i.) To murmur again; to utter back, or reply, in murmurs..
Return :: Return (v. i.) To speak in answer; to reply; to respond.
Snappish :: Snappish (a.) Sharp in reply; apt to speak angrily or testily; easily provoked; tart; peevish.
Reply :: 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..
Response :: Response (n.) Reply to an objection in formal disputation.
Replyer :: Replyer (n.) See Replier.
Replication :: Replication (n.) The reply of the plaintiff, in matters of fact, to the defendant's plea..
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..
Surrebuter :: Surrebut (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rebutter..
Respond :: Respond (v. t.) To answer; to reply.
Rejoin :: Rejoin (v. t.) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
Surrejoinder :: Surrejoin (v. i.) To reply, as a plaintiff to a defendant's rejoinder..
Tart :: Tart (v. t.) Fig.: Sharp; keen; severe; as, a tart reply; tart language; a tart rebuke..
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