Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quilly

/ˈkwɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.12 in modern English

Syllables: quil-ly
IPA: /ˈkwɪli/

18

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to or resembling a quill.

adj

With quills; quilled.

Example Sentences

"The fabrick of the wing, as it appears through a moderately magnifying Microscope, seems to be a body consisting of two parts […]; the one is a quilly or finny substance, consisting of several long, slender and variously bended quills or wires, something resembling the veins of leaves […]."
"[…] sometimes you may even run across a quilly ball lying right on top of the ledge, or catch one of the numerous porcupine family picking its way leisurely among the rocks."

Etymology

From quill + -y.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: quill

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkwɪli/

Inflected Forms

more quilly (comparative) most quilly (superlative)

Rhymes With

silly billy chile lily willie chili philly willy lilly cincinnati chili chilly hilly

Questions

How do you pronounce quilly?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɪli/.
What does quilly mean?: Pertaining to or resembling a quill.
Where does quilly come from?: From quill + -y.

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