Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shmuley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables: shmu-ley
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.

Example Sentences

"This past weekend, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach set off a firestorm with his full-page ad in the New York Times accusing National Security Adviser Susan E. Rice of turning a blind eye to the Rwandan genocide when she was on President Bill Clinton’s national security team in the 1990s."

Etymology

From Shmuel + -y.

Questions

What does shmuley mean?: A diminutive of the male given name Shmuel.
Where does shmuley come from?: From Shmuel + -y.

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