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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shackly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
shack-ly
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Shaky, rickety, ramshackle.

British usage; American usage; Colloquial; Dated

adj

Loose-jointed, shambling.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Probably from dialectal shackle (“to shake, rattle”) + -y.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more shackly (comparative) most shackly (superlative)

Questions

What does shackly mean?
Shaky, rickety, ramshackle.
Where does shackly come from?
Probably from dialectal shackle (“to shake, rattle”) + -y.

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