lully

Other forms of lully

plural

lullies·

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 lully

What does lully mean?

lully means "Spanish philosopher (1235-1315)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in lully?

lully has 2 syllables: lul-ly. The stress falls on "lul".

What is another word for lully?

Close synonyms include Raymond Lully, Ramon Lully, Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli, Giambattista Lulli. 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 lully a common word?

lully is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.