frilly

Questions about frilly

What does frilly mean?

frilly means "having decorative ruffles or frills".

How many syllables are in frilly?

frilly has 2 syllables: fril-ly. The stress falls on "fril". In IPA it is /ˈfɹɪli/.

What is another word for frilly?

Close synonyms include frilled, ruffled. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is frilly a common word?

frilly is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.