Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rumbly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.56 in modern English

Syllables: rumbly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Making a rumbling noise.

Example Sentences

"His voice is pleasantly rumbly; his smile is so wide that it seems to have been drawn onto his face with a crayon."

Etymology

From rumble + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rumble

Inflected Forms

rumblier (comparative) rumbliest (superlative)

Questions

What does rumbly mean?: Making a rumbling noise.
Where does rumbly come from?: From rumble + -y.

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