say it: HAHRT-lee
hartley is a noun meaning "English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)". It carries one recorded sense.
English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hartley come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.