Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yowly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
yow-ly
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to make yowling sounds.

Informal

Example Sentences

  • "a yowly cat"

Etymology

From yowl + -y.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more yowly (comparative) most yowly (superlative)

Questions

What does yowly mean?
Tending to make yowling sounds.
Where does yowly come from?
From yowl + -y.

How to pronounce yowly

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