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pally-wally

pally-wally is the alternative form of palsy-walsy.

Meaning of palsy-walsy

Adjective

palsy-walsy (comparative more palsy-walsy, superlative most palsy-walsy)

  1. (slang) Very friendly, especially in an excessive or artificial way.
    • She's gotten palsy-walsy with her in-laws lately.
    Synonyms:
    chummy

Questions about pally-wally

What is pally-wally the alternative form of?
Pally-wally is the alternative form of palsy-walsy.

Words near pally-wally in the dictionary

  1. Palluite
  2. Palluites
  3. pallus
  4. pallwise
  5. pally
  6. pally-wally
  7. Pallywood
  8. palm
  9. Palm Bay
  10. Palm Beach
  11. Palm Beach County

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pally-wally (page history and authors); palsy-walsy (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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