lowry

Other forms of lowry

plural

lowries·

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 lowry

What does lowry mean?

lowry means "English painter (1887-1976)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lowry?

lowry has 2 syllables: lo-wry. The stress falls on "lo". In IPA it is /ˈlaʊɹi/.

What is another word for lowry?

Close synonyms include L. S. Lowry, Laurence Stephen Lowry, Malcolm Lowry, Clarence Malcolm Lowry. 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 lowry a common word?

lowry is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.