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cackly

cackly adjective: resembling or characterised by cackling.

Adjective

cackly (comparative more cackly, superlative most cackly)

  1. Resembling or characterised by cackling.
    • His voice rises and falls in a sly, scratchy singsong — no wonder he calls himself Weezy — that can sound like a cackly old man or a wisecracking kid.2008 June 10, Jon Pareles, “Rapper’s Road to Pop”, in New York Times

Forms of cackly

comparativemore cackly
superlativemost cackly

Origin of cackly

From cackle + -ly.

Questions about cackly

What does cackly mean?
Cackly means resembling or characterised by cackling.
What part of speech is cackly?
Cackly is an adjective.

Words near cackly in the dictionary

  1. cackling
  2. cackling geese
  3. cackling goose
  4. cacklingly
  5. cacklings
  6. cackly
  7. cackrey
  8. cacks
  9. cacks on
  10. cacks up
  11. cacky

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