ly

Meaning of ly

noun
  1. A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (1016 metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.
  2. (only in plural) A very long way.
    The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.
  3. (only in plural) A very long time.
    Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.

Information about ly

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of ly is: lies.
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Hyphenation of ly

ly

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 2 letters.
  • ly is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with ly

Ly, aly, biotechnologicaly, philocaly, didascaly, scaly, unscaly, Daly, logodaedaly, Kodaly, idealy, Healy, whealy, mealy, Nealy, Sealy, sealy, stealy, vealy, Offaly, Fagaly, Pseudoacromegaly, acromegaly, adenomegaly, adrenomegaly, angiomegaly, cardiomegaly, cheiromegaly, chiromegaly, clitorimegaly, clitoromegaly, cytomegaly, dactylomegaly, enteromegaly, gastromegaly, hepatomegaly, hepatosplenomegaly, karyomegaly, nephromegaly, prostatomegaly, pseudoacromegaly, somatomegaly, splanchnomegaly, splenohepatomegaly, splenomegaly, tarsomegaly, thyromegaly, tracheobronchomegaly, trichomegaly, typhlomegaly

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