Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lally

/lˈæli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.56 in modern English

Syllables: lal-ly
IPA: /lˈæli/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

noun

Example Sentences

"Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil."
"I'll uncross my lallies, runa comb through my riah, rearrange the expression on my eke and troll off for a mince round to vada the bona omis."
"@bonnie_langford yes very lucky that the bona lallies are still hoofing"
"Aunt nell the patter flash and gardy loo! / Bijou, she trolls, bold on lallies / slick as stripes down the Dilly."

Etymology

Two main origins: * Reduced form of Mullally, a surname of Irish origin. * Borrowed from French L'Ally or a variant of Laly.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: L'Ally

Inflected Forms

Lallys (plural) lallies (plural)

Phrases

lally-covers lally-drags

Synonyms

lally column

Homonyms

lalli lalley

Rhymes With

valley rally finale sally alley tally verbally o'malley galley allie dally bally

Questions

How do you pronounce lally?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈæli/.
What does lally mean?: A surname.
Where does lally come from?: It is traced to French.

How to pronounce lally

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