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ily

ily is the initialism of I love you.

Meaning of I love you

Phrase

I love you

  1. An affirmation of affection or deep caring, especially to a family member.
    • "I love you, Mom," said Candace.
    Synonyms:
    143, ILY
  2. An affirmation of romantic feeling to a lover or spouse.
    • The dark days are gone and the bright days are here / My sunny one shines so sincere / Sunny, one so true / I love you1976, Boney M., “Sunny”, in Take the Heat off Me
  3. A platonic expression of strong inclination or liking to a friend.
    • I love you, man, but you need some professional help.

Phrase capitalized: ILY

ILY

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of I love you.

Antonyms of ily

Questions about ily

What is ily the initialism of?
Ily is the initialism of I love you.
What part of speech is ily?
Ily is a phrase.

Words near ily in the dictionary

  1. Ilustrados
  2. iluy
  3. ilvaite
  4. ilvaites
  5. Ilvates
  6. ily
  7. Ilya
  8. Ilyas
  9. Ilyashov
  10. Ilyich
  11. Ilyinichna

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ily (page history and authors); ILY (page history and authors); I love you (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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