Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

slackly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: slack-ly
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a slack manner.

Example Sentences

"He shook my hand slackly. It was like shaking a dead fish."
"The flags hung slackly, there wasn't a breeze in the sky."

Etymology

Etymology tree English slack Middle English -ly English -ly English slackly From slack + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more slackly (comparative) most slackly (superlative)

Synonyms

loosely

Questions

What does slackly mean?: In a slack manner.
Where does slackly come from?: Etymology tree English slack Middle English -ly English -ly English slackly From slack + -ly.

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