Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prolly

/ˈprɑ.li/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: pro-l-ly
IPA: /ˈprɑ.li/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Colloquial; Slang

Example Sentences

"I should prolly keep my eyes on the road."
"Take or be taken. Get yours or get got. It was the code of the streets and I'd lived by it. The way things was looking, I was prolly gone die by it too."
"Naw. That stream's so lazy, it prolly wouldn't even float thee."
"Prolly wouldn't be stopped by da cops all da time, even though I ain't doin' nothin' wrong. Prolly wouldn't have my teachers tryna put me in special ed all da time. And prolly would be in the Gifted and Talented Program wit' you and Echo."
""There's prolly good parts of the province. Only good part of the town is it's easy to sneak into the abandoned movie theater and throw expired Milk Duds to the rats.""

Etymology

Clipping of probably.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈprɑ.li/

Usage

Phrases

prolly tree

Frequently Paired Words

prolly tree

Synonyms

prob'ly probly

Rhymes With

holly molly poly jolly dolly wally trolley polly folly volley doughnut dolly collie

Questions

How do you pronounce prolly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈprɑ.li/.
What does prolly mean?: Probably.
Where does prolly come from?: Clipping of probably.

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