Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

smellily

/ˈsmɛlɪli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: smell-i-ly
IPA: /ˈsmɛlɪli/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a smelly manner.

Example Sentences

"‘I'm done for,’ said the poet, dropping heavily and smellily beside her."
"Then I pissed, long and smellily, on the ground as was the custom on that world."
"In vases of coloured glass, expensive cut flowers were silently screaming as they smellily expired."

Etymology

Etymology tree English smelly Middle English -ly English -ly English smellily From smelly + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more smellily (comparative) most smellily (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce smellily?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsmɛlɪli/.
What does smellily mean?: In a smelly manner.
Where does smellily come from?: Etymology tree English smelly Middle English -ly English -ly English smellily From smelly + -ly.

How to pronounce smellily

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