lordy
/lˈɔɹdˌi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
Expressing mild emotion, such as exasperation or frustration.
intj
Expressing strong emotion, such as amazement.
intj
Alternative letter-case form of Lordy.
Example Sentences
- "Lordy! Where's he off to now?"
- "Aunt Betty graciously permitted this. She always did; but if the forgetful old man wandered for a moment away from his theme she brought him back with a surreptitious: “Lordy! yo' ole head done filled wid me yit.""
- "“I said, ‘Lordy, we have to put tops on bottoms. Let’s get something done,’ ” Comey recalled."
- "In 2021, the Times described you as an “avuncular public intellectual.” How do you feel about that label? [Stephen Fry:] Oh my lordy lord. Avuncular gives me great pleasure."
- "Lordy! Call your dogs off, call your dogs off! Oh! Lordy! call em off quick! quick!"
- "It can only be AC/DC: black black black! with the first single from their first new album in eight years, Black Ice. It's blues-metal heaviosity in exelcis^([sic]). Not clever but, oh lordy, it's big."