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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cackly en · ADJ

Etymology

From cackle + -ly.

Meanings

  1. Resembling or characterised by cackling.
    • His voice rises and falls in a sly, scratchy singsong — no wonder he calls himself Weezy — that can sound like a cackly old man or a wisecracking kid. 2008 June 10, Jon Pareles, “Rapper’s Road to Pop”, in New York Times:

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most cackly Degree=Sup lexicographic
more cackly Degree=Cmp lexicographic