shaggily

1. 1.

   in a shaggy manner

   “shaggily unkempt mane”

Questions about shaggily

What does shaggily mean?

shaggily means "in a shaggy manner".

How many syllables are in shaggily?

shaggily has 3 syllables and divides as shag-gi-ly under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is shaggily a common word?

shaggily 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.