plural of ly

a river in France and Belgium, and a left tributary of the Scheldt at Gent

Treated or prepared with lye.

simple past tense of lye

present participle of lie to

(astronomy) Abbreviation of light year.

(astronomy, countable) Alternative spelling of ly; light-year / (uncountable) Initialism of lethal yellowing.

Alternative form of lyo- (before a vowel)

Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun".

Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.