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weely

/ˈwiːli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
weely
IPA
/ˈwiːli/
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From weel + -y. Alternatively, a continuation of Middle English wili, whily, from Old English wylie, a variant of wyliġe, wiliġe (“basket”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

weelies (plural)

Homonyms

wheelie wheely (in some accents) wealy

Questions

How do you pronounce weely?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈwiːli/.
What does weely mean?
A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
Where does weely come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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