Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Strong, powerful

Example Sentences

"One whipcord nerve in the muscly mass from neck to shoulder-blade / Of the mountainous man..."

Etymology

Etymology tree English muscle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English muscly From muscle + -y.

Inflected Forms

musclier (comparative) muscliest (superlative) muscley (alternative)

Questions

What does muscly mean?: thewy, muscled
Where does muscly come from?: Etymology tree English muscle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English muscly From muscle + -y.

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