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Term: idly

All the wordplay possibilities with the word "idly": spelling, phonetic, and semantic.

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  2. idly

idly

Definitions

Adverb

  1. In an idle manner
Fragment Sounds Like Spelled Like Words That Follow Words That Precede Statistically Associated Consonant Match

As a Fragment

Words that contain the term "idly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 rapidly 3 65
2 solidly 3 10
3 vividly 3 9
4 rigidly 3 8
5 idly 2 6
6 splendidly 3 4
7 candidly 3 2
8 stupidly 3 2
9 avidly 3 1
10 timidly 3 1
11 validly 3 1
12 acidly 3 0
13 intrepidly 4 0
14 morbidly 3 0
15 placidly 3 0

Sounds Like

Words that sound like the term "idly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 likely 2 151
2 widely 2 52
3 lightly 2 31
4 lively 2 26
5 tightly 2 15
6 nicely 2 9
7 timely 2 9
8 wisely 2 8
9 finely 2 4
10 rightly 2 4
11 nightly 2 3
12 knightly 2 1
13 whiteley 2 1
14 whitely 2 1
15 byerley 3 0
16 byerly 3 0
17 dively 2 0
18 heinly 2 0
19 hinely 2 0
20 hively 2 0
21 isaly 2 0
22 isley 2 0
23 knicely 2 0
24 knisely 2 0
25 lyerly 3 0
26 reichley 2 0
27 shively 2 0

Spelled Like

Words that are spelled similarly to the term "idly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 widely 2 52
2 wildly 2 25
3 idle 2 13
4 oily 2 10
5 kindly 2 8
6 mildly 2 7
7 idol 2 7
8 wily 2 2
9 avidly 3 1
10 tidy 2 1
11 lily 2 1
12 widdly 2 0
13 tiddly 2 0
14 sidley 2 0
15 ridley 2 0
16 gidley 2 0
17 acidly 3 0
18 indy 2 0
19 ilya 2 0
20 hidy 2 0

Words That Follow

Words that often follow the term "idly" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Words That Precede

Words that often precede the term "idly" in a sentence.

# Word Syllables Freq

Statistically Associated

Words that are statistically associated with "idly" in the same piece of text.

# Word Syllables Freq

Consonant Match

Words that contain the same consonants as the term "idly".

# Word Syllables Freq
1 idle 2 13
2 odle 2 0

Results:

Term

Definitions: 1

Fragments: 15

Sound Alikes: 27

Spelled Like: 20

Words that Follow: 0

Words that Precede: 0

Statistically Associated: 0

Consonant Matches: 2

Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.

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