Thesaurus results for FILLY

filly

noun

ˈfi-lē

Definition of filly

as in girl

a female person who has not yet reached adulthood she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life

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Recent Examples of filly This day in sports history 1946 — Two-year-old fillies Chakoora and Uleta become the first thoroughbreds to complete a transcontinental flight. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026 The race is a prelude to the Preakness, featuring 3-year-old fillies (female race horses). — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2026 The annual race comes a day after the Black-Eyed Susan race, which features 3-year-old fillies. — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 14 May 2026 In 2022, Gretchen and Roy Jackson bought a filly for $240,000. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for filly

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Noun

The two girls were falsely listed as recruits for the university’s crew team, even though neither ever participated in the sport.

— Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Even the Barbie doll, while often derided for promoting an unhealthy body image for developing children, offered girls a glimpse of a different future than as a wife and mother, Kimmel argues.

— Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026

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The plot imperative of future Irina surviving to play a significant role in later seasons of For All Mankind gives us so much runway to imagine wild twists and turns for this crafty lass.

— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 10 July 2026
Laborious yet lithe lads and lasses have loyally leapt to luminate the lexical labyrinths of logic locking the lucrative lotto, longing to lure the lavish luxury lying latently in local landmarks.

— Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 28 Jan. 2026

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