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Antonyms for tallied

Grammar : Verb
Spell : tal-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæl i

Definition of tallied

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "stick marked with notches to indicate amount owed or paid," from Anglo-French tallie (early 14c.), Anglo-Latin talea (late 12c.), from Medieval Latin tallia, from Latin talea "a cutting, rod, stick" (see tailor, and cf. sense history of score). Meaning "a thing that matches another" first recorded 1650s, said to be from practice of splitting a tally lengthwise, debtor and creditor each retaining one of the halves. Sports sense of "a total score" is from 1856.
  • verb add up; count, record
Example sentences :
  • I worked it out also, on my own hook, and you and I tallied, if you recollect?
  • Extract from : « The Ghost Ship » by John C. Hutcheson
  • The "Greys," to be sure, had made two touchdowns, while the Blues had only tallied one.
  • Extract from : « Bert Wilson on the Gridiron » by J. W. Duffield
  • It all tallied too well with whispers and hints that had been going about for some time past.
  • Extract from : « The Forsyte Saga, Complete » by John Galsworthy
  • This tallied exactly with what my strange informant had told me.
  • Extract from : « The Purcell Papers » by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • The description, save as to the clothes, tallied with that of the old man.
  • Extract from : « By the Barrow River » by Edmund Leamy
  • And then he related to me what had happened, which tallied exactly with my dream.
  • Extract from : « Adventurings in the Psychical » by H. Addington Bruce
  • Down at the wharf they tallied the fish out, and kept the score secret.
  • Extract from : « The Viking Blood » by Frederick William Wallace
  • Mr. White's judgment, however, tallied with that of Harte & Perkins.
  • Extract from : « The Fiction Factory » by John Milton Edwards
  • The abrupt stoppage of his hand was tallied by a rap in the wood.
  • Extract from : « Mysterious Psychic Forces » by Camille Flammarion
  • His description of the mysterious "Doc" tallied with that of Dr. Cronin to the life.
  • Extract from : « The Crime of the Century » by Henry M. Hunt

Synonyms for tallied

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