5 Letter Words Ending in LY

bigly

Verb : (now rare) In a big way, greatly; to a great extent, on a large scale.

Verb : (now rare) Strongly, with great force.

Verb : (now rare) In a blustering or boastful manner; haughtily, pompously.

apply

Verb : (transitive) To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)

Verb : (transitive) To put to use; to use or employ for a particular purpose, or in a particular case

Verb : (transitive) To make use of, declare, or pronounce, as suitable, fitting, or relative

bully

Noun : A person who is intentionally physically or emotionally cruel to others, especially to those whom they perceive as being vulnerable or of less power or privilege.

Noun : A noisy, blustering, tyrannical person, more insolent than courageous; one who is threatening and quarrelsome.

Noun : A hired thug.

tally

Noun : (by extension) One of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.

Noun : (by extension) Any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book, especially one kept in duplicate.

Noun : One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.

imply

Verb : (transitive, of a proposition) to have as a necessary consequence

Verb : (transitive, of a person) to suggest by logical inference

Verb : (transitive, of a person or proposition) to hint; to insinuate; to suggest tacitly and avoid a direct statement

reply

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To give a written or spoken response, especially to a question, request, accusation or criticism; to answer.

Verb : (intransitive) To act or gesture in response.

Verb : (intransitive) To repeat something back; to echo.

rally

Noun : A public gathering or mass meeting that is not mainly a protest and is organized to inspire enthusiasm for a cause.

Noun : A protest or demonstration for or against something, but often with speeches and often without marching, especially in North America.

Noun : (squash, table tennis, tennis, badminton) A sequence of strokes between serving and scoring a point.

folly

Noun : Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.

Noun : Thoughtless action resulting in tragic consequence.

Noun : (architecture) A fanciful building built for purely ornamental reasons.

silly

Adjective : Laughable or amusing through foolishness or a foolish appearance.

Adjective : (of numbers, particularly prices) Absurdly large.

Adjective : (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed

surly

Adjective : Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Adjective : Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

Adjective : (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

truly

Verb : (manner) In accordance with the facts; truthfully, accurately.

Verb : (modal) Honestly, genuinely, in fact, really.

Verb : (degree) Very.

sally

Noun : A willow

Noun : Any tree that looks like a willow

Noun : An object made from the above trees' wood

daily

Adjective : That occurs every day, or at least every working day

Adjective : diurnal, by daylight, as opposed to nightly

Noun : Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.

early

Adjective : At a time in advance of the usual or expected event.

Adjective : Arriving a time before expected; sooner than on time.

Adjective : Near the start or beginning.

sully

Verb : (transitive) To soil or stain; to dirty.

Verb : (transitive) To corrupt or damage.

Verb : (intransitive, ergative) To become soiled or tarnished.

jolly

Adjective : Full of merriment and high spirits; jovial; joyous; merry.

Adjective : (colloquial, dated) Splendid, excellent, pleasant.

Adjective : (informal) drunk

jelly

Noun : (New Zealand, Australia, Britain) A dessert made by boiling gelatine, sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set, known as "jello" in North America.

Noun : (Canada, US, Britain (certain specific usages)) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin. Normally known as "jam" in Commonwealth English but see redcurrant jelly and jeely.

Noun : A savoury substance, derived from meat, that has the same texture as the dessert.

holly

Noun : Any of various shrubs or (mostly) small trees, of the genus Ilex, either evergreen or deciduous, used as decoration especially at Christmas.

Noun : The wood from this tree.

Noun : (with a qualifier) Any of several not closely related plant species likened to Ilex because of their prickly, evergreen foliage and/or round, bright-red berries

belly

Noun : The abdomen, especially a fat one.

Noun : The stomach.

Noun : The womb.

dolly

Noun : (childish, colloquial) A doll.

Noun : (cooking) A roughly cylindrical wooden object used as a base when molding pie crust.

Noun : A contrivance for stirring:

dally

Verb : To waste time in trivial activities, or in idleness; to trifle.

Verb : (transitive, intransitive) To caress, especially of a sexual nature; to fondle or pet

Verb : To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

lowly

Adjective : Not high; not elevated in place; low.

Adjective : Low in rank or social importance.

Adjective : Not lofty or sublime; humble.

fully

Verb : In a full manner; without lack or defect; completely, entirely.

Verb : Used as an intensifier for a quantity.

Verb : (Followed by as) Exactly, equally.

burly

Adjective : (usually of a man) Large, well-built, and muscular.

Adjective : (Britain, East End of London, slang) Great, amazing, unbelievable.

Adjective : (US, slang, surf culture and/or Southern California) Of large magnitude, either good or bad, and sometimes both.

gully

Noun : A trench, ravine or narrow channel which was worn by water flow, especially on a hillside.

Noun : A small valley.

Noun : (UK) A drop kerb.

molly

Noun : (now chiefly Ireland) A woman or girl, especially of low status.

Noun : (slang) An effeminate male, a male homosexual.

Noun : (slang, uncountable) Pure MDMA powder.

aptly

Verb : In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably

mealy

Adjective : Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

Adjective : The pale yellow color of a canary.

Noun : A canary of a pale yellow color.

badly

Verb : In a bad manner.

Verb : Very much; to a great degree.

Adjective : (Northern England) Ill, unwell.

doily

Noun : A small ornamental piece of lace or linen or paper used to protect a surface from scratches by hard objects such as vases or bowls; or to decorate a plate of food.

Noun : (Judaism) A similar circular piece of lace worn as a head-covering by some married Jewish women.

Noun : (obsolete) An old kind of woollen material.

billy

Noun : A billy club.

Noun : A billy goat.

Noun : A male goat; a ram.

italy

Noun : A country in Southern Europe. Official names: Italian Republic and Republic of Italy. Capital and largest city: Rome.

Noun : Synonym of Apennine Peninsula

fugly

Adjective : (slang, vulgar) Extremely ugly.

Noun : (slang, vulgar) An extremely ugly person.

kelly

Noun : A surname from Irish, Anglicised from the Irish Ó Ceallaigh.

Noun : A unisex given name transferred from the surname

Noun : A male given name transferred from the surname.

lolly

Noun : A piece of hard candy on a stick; a lollipop.

Noun : (UK) An ice lolly; a popsicle

Noun : (UK, slang, uncountable) Money.

dilly

Adjective : Redolent of dill (the herb).

Noun : Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

Noun : (Australia) A dilly bag.

filly

Noun : A young female horse.

Noun : (dated) A young, attractive woman.

nelly

Noun : (Cockney rhyming slang) A person's life.

Noun : (derogatory, slang) An effeminate homosexual man.

Noun : (Britain, slang) A silly person.

newly

Verb : Very recently/lately; in the immediate past.

manly

Adjective : Having the characteristics of a man.

Adjective : Having qualities viewed as befitting a man; courageous, resolute, noble.

Noun : A surname.

bally

Adjective : (Britain, dated, euphemistic) Bloody (used as a mild intensifier).

Verb : (UK, dated, euphemistic) Very.

Noun : (MLE) A balaclava.

wryly

Verb : In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.

Verb : (of a facial expression) Contortedly.

icily

Verb : In the manner of ice; with a cold or chilling effect.

Verb : (figuratively) In an uncaring or coolly angry manner.

oddly

Verb : In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.

Verb : In a manner measured by an odd number.

wooly

Adjective : (American spelling) Alternative form of woolly [Made of wool.]

Noun : (American spelling) Alternative form of woolly [(informal) A sweater or similar garment made of wool.]

telly

Noun : (colloquial) Television.

Noun : (colloquial) A television set.

Noun : (US, Canada, chiefly MTE, slang) A hotel or motel.

curly

Adjective : Having curls.

Adjective : (typography) Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes)

Adjective : (Australia) Complicated and difficult; knotty.

godly

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a god

Adjective : Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.

Adjective : Gloriously good.

willy

Adjective : (obsolete) Willing; favourable; ready; eager.

Adjective : (UK dialectal, Scotland) Self-willed; willful.

Verb : To cleanse wool or cotton, etc. with a willy, or willow.

golly

Noun : Abbreviation of golliwog:

Noun : A type of black rag doll.

Noun : (offensive, ethnic slur) Any dark-skinned person.

scaly

Adjective : Covered or abounding with scales.

Adjective : Composed of scales lying over each other.

Adjective : Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

lully

Noun : (slang, archaic) Wet or drying linen.

Noun : (UK, slang, obsolete) A shirt.

sadly

Verb : In a sad manner; sorrowfully.

Verb : Unfortunately, sad to say.

Verb : (dated) Very much (of a desire etc.); dearly; urgently.

emily

Noun : A female given name from Latin.

girly

Adjective : Characteristic of a stereotypical girl, very effeminate, gentle; unmasculine.

Adjective : (slang, idiomatic) Of, or pertaining to, a young, attractive woman; especially one who is scantily clad.

Adjective : (slang) Weak; wussy.

wally

Noun : A diminutive of the male given names of Waldo, Walter, Wallabee, and Wallace.

Noun : (Britain, slang) A fool.

Noun : (colloquial, London and Essex) A large pickled gherkin or cucumber.

dully

Verb : In a dull manner; without liveliness; without lustre.

amply

Verb : In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

gilly

Noun : (slang) The drink torpedo juice.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given name Gillian.

Noun : A surname from French.

polly

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew, nickname for Mary created by rhyming with Molly.

Noun : A common name for a pet parrot.

Noun : (UK, slang) A prefect at Uppingham School in Rutland, England.

nilly

coyly

Verb : In a coy manner.

gaily

Verb : (dated) Merrily.

Verb : (dated) Showily.

cooly

Noun : Alternative spelling of coolie [An unskilled Asian worker, usually of Chinese or Indian descent; a labourer; a porter. Coolies were frequently transported to other countries in the 19th and early 20th centuries as indentured labourers.]

Adjective : Misspelling of coolly. [(obsolete) coolish; somewhat cool in temperature]

dimly

Verb : In a dim manner; not clearly.

colly

Adjective : (Britain, dialect) black as coal

Verb : (transitive, archaic) to make black, as with coal

Noun : (Britain, dialect) Soot.

hilly

Adjective : (of a landscape) Abundant in hills; having many hills.

bialy

Noun : A flat bread roll topped with onion flakes. Instead of a hole like a bagel, it has a depression in the middle.

dryly

Verb : In a dry manner.

slyly

Verb : In a sly manner, cunningly.

felly

Noun : The rim of a wooden wheel, supported by the spokes.

Noun : Any of the several curved segments that constitute the rim.

Verb : (now rare) Fiercely, harshly.

lilly

Noun : A female given name, variant of Lily.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Lillian or Lilian, from Latin.

Noun : A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth or Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek.

haply

Verb : By accident or luck.

Verb : Perhaps; by chance.

pally

Adjective : Like a pal; friendly.

Noun : (US) An affectionate term of address.

Noun : (US, Australia) A slightly derogatory and insulting term of address.

laxly

Verb : In a lax manner; without rigor or strictness.

mally

Noun : A surname.

defly

Verb : Obsolete form of deftly. [In a deft manner; quickly and neatly in action.]

lally

Noun : A surname.

Noun : (Polari, usually in the plural) Leg

madly

Verb : In a mad manner

Verb : without reason or understanding; wildly.

Verb : angrily

jowly

Adjective : Having conspicuous jowls.

wanly

Verb : In a wan or pale manner.

drily

Verb : Of speech, in a dry manner; with dry humour.

killy

gally

Adjective : Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.

Verb : (obsolete, UK, dialect) To frighten; to worry.

Noun : Archaic form of galley. [(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.]

tully

Noun : A surname.

Noun : A place name:

Noun : A town in the Cassowary Coast Region, northern Queensland, Australia, named after the Tully River.

feely

Adjective : (dialectal) soft; smooth; velvety

Adjective : (informal) Tending to feel things by physically touching them.

Noun : (Polari) A child; a young person.

hotly

Verb : With great amounts of heat.

Verb : In a heated manner; intensely or vehemently.

rawly

Verb : In a raw manner.

tilly

Noun : (Ireland) An extra product given to a customer at no additional charge; a lagniappe.

Noun : (UK) A small open-backed truck.

Adjective : Containing till (unsorted glacial sediment).

nobly

Verb : In a noble manner.

welly

Noun : (countable, informal) Wellington boot.

Noun : (uncountable, informal) Force on a pedal or increase to any fuel or power for an engine or motor.

Noun : (uncountable, informal) Force or effort.

shyly

Verb : In a shy manner.

roily

Adjective : (of water) muddy, cloudy (having lots of sediment)

Adjective : turbulent

solly

Adjective : Pronunciation spelling of sorry. (mimicking an Asian accent) [(of a person) Regretful or apologetic for one's actions.]

hurly

Noun : (obsolete) noise; confusion; uproar

Noun : (Scotland) A wheelbarrow.

misly

Adjective : Alternative form of mizzly [Raining in very small drops; misty; drizzly.]

feyly

Verb : In a fey way.

tolly

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Bartholomew

Noun : A surname

awkly

Verb : (obsolete) In an unlucky or perverse manner.

Verb : (obsolete) Awkwardly.

rolly

Adjective : (informal, not comparable) Rolling; having the ability to roll, usually due to wheels attached on the bottom.

Adjective : (nautical, of the sea, comparable) Rough, turbulent, characterized by large or rapid waves.

Noun : A diminutive of the male given name Roland.

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