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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

keeley

/kˈili/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.60 in modern English

Syllables
kee-ley
IPA
/kˈili/
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

name

A unisex given name transferred from the surname, of recent usage.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized from Irish Ó Caollaidhe (“descendant of Caollaidhe”), a personal name based on the adjective caol (“slender, graceful”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Ó Caollaidhe

Inflected Forms

Keeleys (plural) Kealey (alternative) Kealy (alternative) Keely (alternative)

Homonyms

keely kiely kealey kealy

Rhymes With

freely ideally healy healey swahili greeley steely seeley neely feely demille mealy

Questions

How do you pronounce keeley?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈili/.
What does keeley mean?
A surname from Irish.
Where does keeley come from?
It is traced to Irish.

How to pronounce keeley

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