Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

glidy

/ˈɡlaɪdi/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: glidy
IPA: /ˈɡlaɪdi/

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That glides.

Example Sentences

"Naturally, a man of Disko's reputation was closely watched—"scrowged upon," Dan called it—by his neighbours, but he had a very pretty knack of giving them the slip through the curdling, glidy fog-banks."

Etymology

From glide + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: glide

Inflected Forms

more glidy (comparative) most glidy (superlative)

Rhymes With

that'll be the frosty friday

Questions

How do you pronounce glidy?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡlaɪdi/.
What does glidy mean?: That glides.
Where does glidy come from?: From glide + -y.

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