Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

crystally

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: crys-tal-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Like or as a crystal.

Example Sentences

"It is clear, yet not crystally transparent; and, though a deep colour, is neither green nor blue[…]"
"25 April, 1861, George Eliot, letter to Charles L. Lewes There is a crystally clear river flowing by Vidauban, called the Argent: it rushes along between a fringe of aspens and willows […]"

Etymology

From crystal + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: crystal

Inflected Forms

more crystally (comparative) most crystally (superlative)

Phrases

crystally clear

Frequently Paired Words

crystalline

Rhymes With

mesiodistally buccodistally proximodistally ventrodistally posterodistally subdistally mediodistally anterodistally caudodistally laterodistally dorsodistally apicodistally

Questions

What does crystally mean?: Like or as a crystal.
Where does crystally come from?: From crystal + -ly.

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