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yowly

yowly adjective: tending to make yowling sounds.

Adjective

yowly (comparative more yowly, superlative most yowly)

  1. (informal) Tending to make yowling sounds.
    • a yowly cat

Forms of yowly

comparativemore yowly
superlativemost yowly

Origin of yowly

From yowl + -y.

Questions about yowly

What does yowly mean?
Yowly means tending to make yowling sounds.
What part of speech is yowly?
Yowly is an adjective.

Words near yowly in the dictionary

  1. yowlingly
  2. yowlings
  3. yowlring
  4. yowlrings
  5. yowls
  6. yowly
  7. Yown
  8. Yowrie
  9. yows
  10. yowsa
  11. yowsah

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