wanly

1. 1.

   in a weak or pale or languid manner

   “she was smiling wanly”

Questions about wanly

What does wanly mean?

wanly means "in a weak or pale or languid manner".

How many syllables are in wanly?

wanly has 2 syllables and divides as wan-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 wanly a common word?

wanly 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.