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  1. forbyadverb

    Past; by; beyond.

  2. forbyadverb

    Uncommonly; exceptionally.

    He was forby kind.

  3. forbyadjective

    Uncommon; out of the ordinary; superior.

    He's a forbye man.

  4. forbypreposition

    Beyond; past; more than; greater than; over and above; moreover.

  5. forbypreposition

    Past; gone by; over.

  6. forbypreposition

    Near; beside; by, close to.

  7. forbypreposition

    On one side; out of the way.

  8. forbypreposition

    Besides; in addition to; as well as; not to mention.

    There was other six forby me.

  9. forbypreposition

    With the exception of; not taking into account.

  10. Etymology: From forby, forbi, of or origin, equivalent to. Compare voorbij, vorbi, vörbi, vorbei, forbi, förbi. More at fore, by.

Wikipedia

  1. forby

    Förby is a village in Vormsi Parish, Lääne County, in western Estonia.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Forby

    near; hard by; along; past

  2. Etymology: [See Foreby.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Forby

    for-bī′, prep. (Spens.) near, past: (Scot.) besides.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. FORBY

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Forby is ranked #89753 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Forby surname appeared 206 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Forby.

    66.9% or 138 total occurrences were White.
    29.6% or 61 total occurrences were Black.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of forby in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of forby in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3


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