scaly

Other forms of scaly

comparative or superlative

scalier

comparative or superlative

scaliest

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 scaly

What does scaly mean?

scaly means "rough to the touch; covered with scales or scurf". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in scaly?

scaly has 2 syllables: sca-ly. The stress falls on "sca".

What is another word for scaly?

Close synonyms include lepidote, leprose, scabrous, scurfy, scaley. 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 scaly a common word?

scaly 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.