Oyly is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Oyly in a sentence
Oyly meaning
Obsolete spelling of oily.
Using Oyly
- The main meaning on this page is: Obsolete spelling of oily.
Context around Oyly
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Oyly
- In this selection, "oyly" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, carte, hughes and set stand out and add context to how "oyly" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the d oyly carte opera and the d oyly carte touring. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "oyly" sits close to words such as abdulkadir, abed and abhay, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with oyly
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 1960 D'Oyly Carte recording, which contains all the dialogue, has been repeatedly praised by reviewers. (17 words)
Many of the other leads and choristers were or had been members of the D'Oyly Carte company. (18 words)
However, on June 8 D’Oyly-Hughes received permission to depart independently for Scapa Flow escorted by just two destroyers. (20 words)
After it was revived by the D'Oyly Carte Opera company in 1920, the work remained in their regular repertory, and it has generally been given a place in the regular rotation of other Gilbert and Sullivan repertory companies. (39 words)
Allen, p. 272 Allen, pp. 273–74 The interval was long (a half hour) as the elaborate picture gallery needed to be set up, but D'Oyly Carte had anticipated this and had printed indulgence slips which were distributed. (39 words)
Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music, 2008 The 2000 D'Oyly Carte recording also contains complete dialogue and the first recording of the "lost" ballad for Captain Corcoran, "Reflect, my child", as a bonus track. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
On June 8, 1940, Captain D’Oyly Hughes on board the Glorious asked for permission to leave the convoy and sail independently to Scapa Flow in Scotland.
However, on June 8 D’Oyly-Hughes received permission to depart independently for Scapa Flow escorted by just two destroyers.
After it was revived by the D'Oyly Carte Opera company in 1920, the work remained in their regular repertory, and it has generally been given a place in the regular rotation of other Gilbert and Sullivan repertory companies.
Allen, p. 272 Allen, pp. 273–74 The interval was long (a half hour) as the elaborate picture gallery needed to be set up, but D'Oyly Carte had anticipated this and had printed indulgence slips which were distributed.
Bradley (2005), chapter 4 The following table shows the history of the D'Oyly Carte productions (excluding tours) in Gilbert's lifetime: Reception Initial critical reception The early reviews were mostly favourable.
Carte was of Welsh and Norman ancestry; D'Oyly is a Norman French name which "was a forename (not part of a double surname)".
D'Oyly set up a monastic community in the castle consisting of a chapel and living quarters for monks (St George in the Castle).
From 1885 until the Company's closure in 1982, there was no year in which a D'Oyly Carte company (or several of them) was not presenting it.
He founded the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company and built the state-of-the-art Savoy Theatre to host the Gilbert and Sullivan operas.
In 1966, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company made a film version of The Mikado that closely reflected their traditional staging, although there are some minor cuts.
In 2003 alone, The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company rented 224 sets of orchestra parts, mostly for productions of Pinafore, Pirates and Mikado.
It is, however, one of only three video or film recordings of a Gilbert and Sullivan opera by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.
It re-entered the D'Oyly Carte touring repertory in 1893 and was never again absent until the company's closure in 1982.
It was first performed by the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company at the Savoy Theatre in London on 22 January 1887.
Many of the other leads and choristers were or had been members of the D'Oyly Carte company.
Over the next two years, Richard D'Oyly Carte and Carl Rosa were two of several theatrical managers who negotiated with the team but were unable to come to terms.
Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music, 2008 The 2000 D'Oyly Carte recording also contains complete dialogue and the first recording of the "lost" ballad for Captain Corcoran, "Reflect, my child", as a bonus track.
Songs sent from New York to the D'Oyly Carte touring company in England for the Paignton premiere were then altered or omitted during Broadway rehearsals.
The 1960 D'Oyly Carte recording, which contains all the dialogue, has been repeatedly praised by reviewers.
The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company continued generally to bifurcate the role, but vocal scores generally do not mention it.