5 Letter Words Ending in LY

surly

Adjective : Irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly.

Adjective : Threatening, menacing, gloomy.

Adjective : (obsolete) Lordly, arrogant, supercilious.

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.

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

silly

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

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

Adjective : (chiefly Scotland, obsolete) Blessed, particularly:

lowly

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

Adjective : Low in rank or social importance.

Adjective : Not lofty or sublime; humble.

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.

coyly

Verb : In a coy manner.

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.

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.

dally

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

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

Verb : To delay unnecessarily; to while away.

golly

Noun : Abbreviation of golliwog:

Noun : A type of black rag doll.

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

sally

Noun : A willow.

Noun : Any tree that resembles a willow.

Noun : An object made from the wood of a willow.

wryly

Verb : In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.

Verb : (of a facial expression) Contortedly.

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:

amply

Verb : In an ample manner; extensively; thoroughly.

slyly

Verb : In a sly manner, cunningly.

girly

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

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

Adjective : (slang) Weak; wussy.

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.

sully

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

Verb : (transitive) To corrupt or damage.

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

dryly

Verb : In a dry manner.

colly

Adjective : (British, dialect) Black as coal.

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

Noun : (British, dialect) Soot.

jolly

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

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

Adjective : (informal) Drunk.

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.

wrily

Verb : (less common) Alternative form of wryly [In a wry or sarcastic manner; ironically.]

imply

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

burly

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

Adjective : (British, 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.

nobly

Verb : In a noble manner.

bally

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

Verb : (UK, dated, euphemistic) Very.

Noun : (MLE) A balaclava.

haply

Verb : By accident or luck.

Verb : Perhaps; by chance.

early

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

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

Adjective : After but close to the start of a period of time.

badly

Verb : In a bad manner.

Verb : Very much; to a great degree.

Adjective : (Northern England) Ill, unwell.

godly

Adjective : Of or pertaining to a god

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

Adjective : Gloriously good.

wanly

Verb : In a wan or pale manner.

awkly

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

Verb : (obsolete) Awkwardly.

belly

Noun : The abdomen (especially a fat one).

Noun : stomach (an organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion)

Noun : (anatomy, countable) uterus (a reproductive organ of therian mammals in which the young are conceived and develop until birth)

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.

truly

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

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

Verb : (degree) Very.

aptly

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

winly

Adjective : (obsolete) Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.

Verb : (obsolete) Delightfully; pleasantly.

Verb : (dialectal, obsolete) Quietly.

oddly

Verb : In a peculiar manner; strangely; unusually.

Verb : In a manner measured by an odd number.

dimly

Verb : In a dim manner; not clearly.

nelly

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

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

Noun : (British, slang) A silly person.

icily

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

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

jelly

Noun : (Commonwealth) A dessert made by boiling gelatine (or a plant-based alternative such as agar or carrageenan), sugar and some flavouring (often derived from fruit) and allowing it to set.

Noun : (chiefly Canada, US) A clear or translucent fruit preserve, made from fruit juice and set using either naturally occurring, or added, pectin.

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

curly

Adjective : Having curls.

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

Adjective : (Australia) Complicated and difficult; knotty.

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.

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.

drily

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

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.]

roily

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

Adjective : turbulent

fugly

Adjective : (slang, vulgar) Extremely ugly.

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

catly

Adjective : Of or pertaining to cats; feline.

mealy

Adjective : Resembling meal (the foodstuff).

Adjective : Of the pale yellow color of a canary.

Noun : A canary of a pale yellow color.

sadly

Verb : In a sad manner; sorrowfully.

Verb : Unfortunately, sad to say.

Verb : In a manner to cause sadness; badly; terribly.

dully

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

dilly

Adjective : Redolent of dill (the herb).

Noun : Someone or something that is remarkable or unusual.

Noun : (Australia) A dilly bag.

feely

Adjective : (dialectal) soft; smooth; velvety

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

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

smily

Adjective : Alternative form of smiley [Cheerful and happy; smiling.]

srsly

Verb : (Internet slang, text messaging) Seriously.

coily

Adjective : Having coils; coiling.

Verb : (rare) Obsolete form of coyly. [In a coy manner.]

Verb : Misspelling of coyly. [In a coy manner.]

scaly

Adjective : Covered or abounding with scales.

Adjective : Composed of scales lying over each other.

Adjective : Resembling scales, laminae, or layers.

newly

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

madly

Verb : In a mad manner

Verb : without reason or understanding; wildly.

Verb : angrily

polly

Noun : A female given name from Hebrew.

Noun : A common name for a pet parrot.

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

cully

Noun : (archaic) A person who is easily tricked or imposed on; a dupe, a gullible person.

Noun : (slang) A companion.

Noun : (historical, archaic) A male client of a prostitute; a john, a gonk.

helly

Adjective : (obsolete) Hellish, infernal.

Noun : A surname from German, held by Eduard Helly.

shily

Verb : Archaic form of shyly. [In a shy manner.]

booly

Noun : (obsolete) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars.

Noun : (obsolete) A place in the mountain pastures enclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers.

foxly

Adjective : (archaic) Sly like a fox; foxlike.

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.

parly

Noun : (countable) A surname

Noun : A commune of Yonne department, Bourgogne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France

Verb : Alternative form of parley [(intransitive) To have a discussion, especially one between enemies.]

kinly

Adjective : Involving or characteristic of kinship.

ratly

Adjective : Of, resembling, or relating to rats.

yeply

Verb : (obsolete) Promptly; quickly; at once.

sunly

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Sun; solar.

Adjective : (by extension in contrast with moonly) Sane.

Verb : In a sunly manner.

filly

Noun : A young female horse.

Noun : (dated) A young, attractive woman.

manly

Adjective : Having the characteristics of a man.

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

Noun : A surname.

gaily

Verb : (dated) Merrily.

Verb : (dated) Showily.

lolly

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

Noun : (UK, Ireland) An ice lolly; a popsicle.

Noun : (UK, Ireland, slang, uncountable) Money.

shyly

Verb : In a shy manner.

fitly

Verb : In a fit manner

laxly

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

jowly

Adjective : Having conspicuous jowls; with a double chin.

lully

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

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

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.

wetly

Verb : In a wet manner.

Verb : (UK, informal) Ineffectually, feebly, showing no strength of character.

sonly

Adjective : Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a son.

warly

Adjective : (archaic) Warlike.

bugly

Adjective : (slang) Exceptionally ugly.

comly

Adjective : Obsolete form of comely. [Attractive; visually pleasing; good-looking.]

proly

Verb : (Internet slang, leetspeak) Abbreviation of probably. [In all likelihood.]

1stly

Verb : Abbreviation of firstly. [(formal) In the first place; before anything else; first.]

skyly

Adjective : (rare) Of, resembling, or relating to the sky; celestial

swaly

Adjective : Boggy; marshy.

Adjective : (UK, dialect, obsolete) Shady.

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

billy

Noun : A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.

Noun : (Geordie) A good friend.

Noun : A billy goat.

daily

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

Adjective : (archaic) Diurnally: by daylight.

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

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.

hilly

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

telly

Noun : (colloquial) Television.

Noun : (colloquial) A television set.

Noun : (colloquial) Telegraph.

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