nelly
nounHow many syllables in nelly?
There are 2 syllables in the word nelly.How to pronounce nelly:
Definition of nelly:
- nelly (noun):
- giant petrel
Here are some other common 2-syllable words.
- deserves
- amoke
- wielding
- oking
- expel
- achroite
- whipstock
- spouting
- scuffing
- refilled
- ootid
- questions
- hitchhike
- handing
- cranking
- chummy
- arent
- dislodged
- discharged
- trellis
- softy
- nary
- frolics
- butting
- snorted
- saddling
- blaspheme
- uptight
- surger
- portend
- lightless
- tawdry
- tailspin
- hilly
- grayness
- downstream
- Amzi
- plugging
- phobic
- hoarfrost
- sauntered
- clipboard
- owes
- t-shirt
- preplan
- subplot
- twiglet
- grotto
- clip-clop
- transform
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