Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cackly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cack-ly
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characterised by cackling.

Example Sentences

"His voice rises and falls in a sly, scratchy singsong — no wonder he calls himself Weezy — that can sound like a cackly old man or a wisecracking kid."

Etymology

From cackle + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: cackle

Inflected Forms

more cackly (comparative) most cackly (superlative)

Synonyms

squawky

Questions

What does cackly mean?: Resembling or characterised by cackling.
Where does cackly come from?: From cackle + -ly.

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