sally

Other forms of sally

plural

sallies·

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 sally

What does sally mean?

sally means "witty remark". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sally?

sally has 2 syllables: sal-ly. The stress falls on "sal". In IPA it is /ˈsæli/.

What is another word for sally?

Close synonyms include wisecrack, crack, quip, sortie, sallying forth. 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 sally a common word?

sally is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.