Word info

scully

Speech parts

1. scully - Noun

2. scully - Verb

3. Scully - Proper noun

Meaning


Scully (plural Scullys)

A surname from Irish.


Scully

(slang, transitive) To be skeptical toward (a person or situation) with ideas that do not coincide with conventional wisdom.

scully (plural scullies)

An obstacle set up against military vehicles; a Czech hedgehog.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Having been Scully for such a long time, I have to prove myself in other roles. Gillian Anderson

The first time, where Fox Mulder and Scully met, she stands up for herself. She stands right there and gives it to him and that was extremely attractive. Gillian Anderson

We got a lot of letters all the time, and I was told quite frequently by girls who were going into the medical world or the science world or the FBI world or other worlds that I reigned, that they were pursuing those pursuits because of the character of Scully. And I said, 'Yay! Gillian Anderson

People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places. Chris Carter

The writers led by Mike Scully are fantastic. And they're creating original stories that not only don't repeat what we've already done, they also don't repeat anything I've seen on television. Matt Groening

People generally treat me like I'm very intelligent and really, I'm much less intelligent than she is. Scully is insanely intelligent. Gillian Anderson

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