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waily

/ˈweɪli/

waily adjective: tending to wail; complaining.

Adjective

waily (comparative wailier, superlative wailiest)

  1. Tending to wail; complaining.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a wail.
    • I distinctly saw merriment (upper school goths and Suzy nodding their heads to waily music) through the window.2013, Joanna Nadin, The Rachel Riley Diaries: My So-Called Life

Forms of waily

comparativewailier
superlativewailiest

Origin of waily

From wail + -y.

Words that rhyme with waily

11 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about waily

What does waily mean?
Waily means tending to wail; complaining.
What part of speech is waily?
Waily is an adjective.
How do you pronounce waily?
Waily is pronounced /ˈweɪli/.

Words near waily in the dictionary

  1. wailo
  2. wails
  3. wails on
  4. wailsome
  5. Wailuku
  6. waily
  7. Waimakariri
  8. Waimalu
  9. Waimate
  10. Waimate North
  11. Waimea

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