kelly

1. 1.

   United States circus clown (1898-1979)

   SynonymsEmmett KellyWeary Willie

   Broaderclown
2. 2.

   United States film actress who retired when she married into the royal family of Monaco (1928-1982)

   SynonymsGrace KellyGrace Patricia KellyPrincess Grace of Monaco

   Broaderactress
3. 3.

   United States dancer who performed in many musical films (1912-1996)

   SynonymsGene KellyEugene Curran Kelly

   Broaderdancerchoreographeractor

Other forms of kelly

plural

kellies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about kelly

What does kelly mean?

kelly means "United States circus clown (1898-1979)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in kelly?

kelly has 2 syllables: kel-ly. The stress falls on "kel". In IPA it is /ˈkɛli/.

What is another word for kelly?

Close synonyms include Emmett Kelly, Weary Willie, Grace Kelly, Grace Patricia Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco. 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 kelly a common word?

kelly is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.