Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscley

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cley
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of muscly.

Example Sentences

"And introducing “Something Is Squeezing My Skull,” the muscley, two-and-a-half-minute whine that will be his next single in England, he seemed almost fatalistic."

Etymology

From muscle + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: muscle

Inflected Forms

more muscley (comparative) most muscley (superlative)

Questions

What does muscley mean?: Alternative form of muscly.
Where does muscley come from?: From muscle + -y.

How to pronounce muscley

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