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— English words —

• ly n. (Astronomy) Abbreviation of light year.
• Ly prop.n. A surname from Vietnamese.
• LY n. (Astronomy, countable) Alternative spelling of ly; light-year.
• LY n. (Uncountable) Initialism of lethal yellowing.
• -ly suff. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature…
• -ly suff. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "appearing like, resembling…
• -ly suff. Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring…
• -ly suff. Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.
• ly- pref. Alternative form of lyo- (before a vowel).

— International convention —

• LY sym. (International standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Libya.
• .ly sym. The ccTLD for Libya as assigned by the IANA.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Afrikaans
  • ly v. To suffer.
• Czech
  • Ly prop.n. A surname from Vietnamese.
  • -lý suff. Forms adjectives from verbs (derived from past tense forms).
• Danish - Norwegian bokmål - Norwegian nynorsk
  • ly n. Shelter.
• Etruscan
  • 𐌋𐌖 prop.n. Abbreviation of 𐌋𐌖𐌂𐌉 (Luci).
• Faroese
  • Lý prop.n. A female given name.
• Hungarian
  • ly let. The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script.
  • Ly let. The twentieth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called ellipszilon and written in the Latin script.
• Middle english
  • -ly suff. Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "like or characteristic of what…
  • -ly suff. Appended to adjectives in order to render meaning of the adjective either more intense or more approximate.
  • -ly suff. Used to form adverbs from adjectives, and nouns; the adverbs having the sense of "in the manner of what…
  • -ly suff. Optionally appended to adverbs without suffixes with no change to the meaning.
• Norwegian nynorsk
  • ly adj. Mild.
  • ly v. Imperative of lya.
• Norwegian nynorsk - Westrobothnian
  • ly adj. Lukewarm.
• Polish
  • -ły suff. (No longer productive) Forms adjectives from intransitive verbs.
• Vietnamese
  • ly n. Alternative spelling of li.
  • Ly prop.n. Alternative spelling of Li.
  • lý n. Alternative spelling of lí.
  • Lý prop.n. Alternative spelling of Lí.
  • lỳ adj. Alternative spelling of lì.
  • lỵ n. Alternative spelling of lị.
• Westrobothnian
  • ly adj. (Of the elements) calm, quiet.
  • ly v. To hear, listen.

— English word, defined in German —

• ly Abk. Einheitenzeichen für das Lichtjahr (englisch: light-year).

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• -ly Vormt toegevoegd aan een bijvoeglijk naamwoord het bijwoord met dezelfde betekenis Dit is een verschil…
• -ly Vormt toegevoegd aan een zelfstandig naamwoord een bijvoeglijk naamwoord met een daarvan afgeleide betekenis.

— English words, defined in French —

• ly sym. Année-lumière.
• LY sym. Année-lumière.
• -ly suff. Indique la plupart des adverbes en anglais. Équivalent de -ment en français.
• -ly suff. (Rare) Indique les adjectifs en anglais. Ce sens conserve la signification de like : womanly = like…

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• -ly suf. Sufijo con el que se forman adjetivos a partir de un sustantivo.
• -ly suf. Sufijo con el que se forman adverbios a partir de adjetivos.

— English word, defined in Portuguese —

• -ly suf. -mente.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• -ly suff. Usato per formare aggettivi dai sostantivi.
• -ly suff. Usato per formare avverbi dagli aggettivi, -mente.

— In French —

• Ly n.fam. Nom de famille peul.
• LY sym. (Marine) Code utilisé pour l’immatriculation des bateaux…

106 English words from 35 English definitions

Abbreviation adjective adjectives adverbs alpha alphabet Alternative and appearing appended approximate assigned Astronomy before behaving called calm ccTLD change characteristic code countable country country␣code derived either elements female for form forms from given given␣name having hear Hungarian IANA Imperative Initialism in␣order in␣order␣to intense International intervals intransitive intransitive␣verbs ISO Latin Latin␣script lethal lethal␣yellowing letter Libya light light␣year like listen longer Luci Lukewarm lyo- manner meaning Mild more name nature No␣longer nouns occurring Optionally order past past␣tense productive quiet render resembling script sense Shelter specifying spelling standards suffer suffixes surname tense the time time␣intervals to␣the twentieth Uncountable Used Used␣to verbs Vietnamese vowel what with without written year yellowing

26 English words from 14 foreign definitions

bateaux Code con conserve dai das des Dit een het les light light␣year like Marine ment met Nom per pour que Rare sens signification womanly year

47 foreign words from 14 foreign definitions

aan adjectifs adjetivos adverbes adverbios afgeleide aggettivi anglais Année Année-lumière a␣partir␣de avverbi betekenis bijvoeglijk bijvoeglijk␣naamwoord bijwoord daarvan dagli dezelfde Einheitenzeichen englisch Équivalent famille forman formare français für immatriculation Indique Lichtjahr lumière mente naamwoord Nom␣de␣famille partir peul plupart sostantivi Sufijo sustantivo toegevoegd Usato utilisé verschil Vormt zelfstandig zelfstandig␣naamwoord

1177 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

Ly-α Lyc LyC lyc- lye Lye lyn Lyn -lyn lyo- LYP lys Lys lyam lyar lych Lych lyco- Lyda Lydd Lyde lyed lyes lyfe Lyga lyin' lyke Lyke Lyla Lyle lyme Lyme Lymm Lynd lyne Lyne Lyng Lynk Lynn lyns lynx Lynx lyon Lyon LYPs lyra Lyra lyre lyse LYSM +1127 words

12593 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Blye Blys flye Flye flys Flys glyA glyn Glyn Glys Ilya llyn plyg Plym plys rlys Slye allyl Allyn Alyea Alyth belye Bilyk Bklyn Blyes blynx blype Blyth calyx Clyde clyer Clyne clypt Clyro Clyst clyte Dalyn Dalys DALYs Ealys Edlyn Elymi Elyot Elyse Emlyn flyby fly-by fly␣by flyer flyes Flyes +12542 words

21205 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Aly bly Bly cly Ely fly Fly Gly gly- ily ILY -ily kly Kly Mly 'oly ply rly RLY sly Sly vly ably -ably afly agly ally Ally -ally bely Bily Cely coly Coly Daly DALY Dely duly Ealy eely Emly FGly fmly Goly guly holy Holy -ibly idly illy +21155 words

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

YL -yl

58 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

Aly bly Bly cly cyl. -dyl Ely fly Fly Gly gly- hyl- ily ILY -ily kly Kly lay Lay ley Ley loy Loy Luy Ly-α Lyc LyC lyc- lye Lye lyn Lyn -lyn lyo- LYP lys Lys Mly 'oly oyl -oyl ply rly RLY sly Sly syl- vly XYL xyl- Xyl. +7 words

134 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

ay AY -ay ay^ by -by b'y by- Cy CY -cy Cy. dy Dy ey -ey fy FY -fy Hy jy ky Ky KY Ky. la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. lb Lb LB lb. Lb. L.B. L.␣B. lc LC l/c L/C l.c. LD Ld. le Le LE -le lf LF lg LG lg. LH /lh li Li -li- LJ L.J. ll LL 'll ll. LM ln LN ln. l.n. lo Lo LO 'lo lp LP LQ LR ls Ls LS l's L's L&S L.S. lt Lt LT Lt. lu Lu LU Lú Lù Lü lv Lv LV (+33 words)

7 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

lay Lay ley Ley loy Loy Luy

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