Associations to the word «Stanley»

Wiktionary

STANLEY, proper noun. A habitational surname​.
STANLEY, proper noun. Any of several places, outside England named for persons with the surname.
STANLEY, proper noun. A male given name transferred from the surname. Popular in early 20th century.
STANLEY KNIFE, noun. (UK) (Australia) (New Zealand) A type of retractable utility knife with a replaceable blade.
STANLEY KNIVES, noun. Plural of Stanley knife

Dictionary definition

STANLEY, noun. United States inventor who built a steam-powered automobile (1849-1918).
STANLEY, noun. Welsh journalist and explorer who led an expedition to Africa in search of David Livingstone and found him in Tanzania in 1871; he and Livingstone together tried to find the source of the Nile River (1841-1904).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King