Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

souly

/ˈsoʊl.i/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: souly
IPA: /ˈsoʊl.i/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Soulful; characteristic of soul music.

Example Sentences

"He's bending over givin' it hell, singing souly music, dig, but he can't break that thing, man, because he ain't equipped."
"To my liking however, the souly parts seemed artificial, the citation of the African-American musical style sounded rather forced and arty, because it diverted from the main message of […]"
"Larkin continued: “The band is sparked off by a Fender bass and plenty of souly Lat-Am percussion, and has jetting spirited trumpet and matching saxes. 'I Remember Clifford', 'Pas-Se-O-Ne Blues' and 'Sidewinder' are the most satisfying[…]"
"We had a kind of music going on that no-one else was doing, … and put together a few sort of souly riffs and this, that and the […]"
"[…] in Greenwich Connecticut, to present to us an afternoon of "souly" spiritual music! Black and white together, we all sang to the glory of one God."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈsoʊl.i/

Rhymes With

for the love of all that is holy in the name of all that is holy

Questions

How do you pronounce souly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsoʊl.i/.
What does souly mean?: Soulful; characteristic of soul music.

How to pronounce souly

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