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laky

/ˈleɪki/

laky adjective: of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.

Adjective

laky (comparative lakier, superlative lakiest)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
    • By bulwark, line, and battlement,
      And flanking towers, and laky flood ,
      Guarded and garrison'd she stood1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “(please specify the introduction or canto number, or chapter name)”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: […] J[ames] Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald...
  2. Of the color of a lake pigment; murky.
  3. Transparent; said of blood rendered transparent by the action of some solvent agent on the red blood corpuscles.

Forms of laky

comparativelakier
superlativelakiest

Origin of laky

From Middle English laky, equivalent to lake + -y.

Words that rhyme with laky

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about laky

What does laky mean?
Laky means of, pertaining to, or resembling a lake.
What part of speech is laky?
Laky is an adjective.
How do you pronounce laky?
Laky is pronounced /ˈleɪki/.

Words near laky in the dictionary

  1. Lakshmanavati
  2. Lakshmi
  3. Lakshmidas
  4. Lakshmipur District
  5. Lakurawa
  6. laky
  7. Lakȟóta
  8. Lakȟótiyapi
  9. LAL
  10. Lal Draman
  11. Lal Lal

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