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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kiely

/kˈili/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
kiely
IPA
/kˈili/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Irish.

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Cadhla (“descendant of Cadhla”), a byname from cadhla (“beautiful”). It could also be a variant of Keeley.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Kielys (plural)

Homonyms

keeley keely kealey kealy

Rhymes With

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

Questions

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

How to pronounce kiely

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