drawly
/ˈdɹɔː.li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "They generly had on yellow straw hats most as wide as an umbrella, but didn't wear no coats nor waistcoats, they called one another Bill, and Buck, and Hank, and Joe, and Andy, and talked lazy and drawly, and used considerable many cuss words."
- "She heard his deep, drawly voice urging the unwisdom of sleeping with calked boots on, and Beaton's hiccupy response."
Etymology
From drawl + -y.
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈdɹɔː.li/
- British English: /ˈdɹɔː.li/