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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yawny

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yawny
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prone to yawning.

adj

Sounding like a yawn.

adj

Boring, uninteresting, causing yawns.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From yawn + -y.

Inflected Forms

yawnier (comparative) yawniest (superlative)

Derived Forms

yawnily yawniness

Questions

What does yawny mean?
Prone to yawning.
Where does yawny come from?
From yawn + -y.

How to pronounce yawny

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