slackly

1. 1.

   in a relaxed manner; not rigid

   “his hands lay loosely”

   Synonymsloosely

Questions about slackly

What does slackly mean?

slackly means "in a relaxed manner; not rigid".

How many syllables are in slackly?

slackly has 2 syllables and divides as slac-kly 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.

What is another word for slackly?

Close synonyms include loosely. 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 slackly a common word?

slackly 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.