Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dickly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dick-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to or having the characteristics of a dick (penis).

Example Sentences

"You're the one being the dick. I'm being a dick by pointing out the dickly properties of someone else?"
"I don't suppose it's remotely possible that you are boorish and dickly, is it?"
"In general, the girls who identified as "strictly dickly" exhibited homophobic attitudes and adopted this terminology to warn their virtual audience that they are only interested in dating males"

Etymology

From dick + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: dick

Inflected Forms

more dickly (comparative) most dickly (superlative)

Derived Forms

dickliness

Phrases

strictly dickly strickly dickly

Questions

What does dickly mean?: Relating to or having the characteristics of a dick (penis).
Where does dickly come from?: From dick + -ly.

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