Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pastelly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pastel-ly
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of art done in pastels.

Informal

Example Sentences

"The room was decorated in pastelly colours."

Etymology

From pastel + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pastel

Usage

Informal

Inflected Forms

more pastelly (comparative) most pastelly (superlative)

Questions

What does pastelly mean?: Resembling or characteristic of art done in pastels.
Where does pastelly come from?: From pastel + -y.

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