7-letter words containing ly
- legibly — capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
- let fly — to move through the air using wings.
- levelly — having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- lichtly — to treat discourteously or contemptuously
- licitly — In a licit manner, legally, in a manner compatible with law.
- lightly — with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently: to press lightly on a door bell.
- likably — Alternative spelling of likeably.
- lilypad — Alternative spelling of lily pad.
- lithely — bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible: the lithe body of a ballerina.
- lividly — In a way that is livid.
- loathly — reluctantly; unwillingly.
- locally — in a particular place, area, location, etc.
- loftily — extending high in the air; of imposing height; towering: lofty mountains.
- loobily — awkwardly
- loonily — in a loony manner
- loopily — In a loopy way.
- loosely — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- lossily — In a lossy way.
- lousily — In a lousy manner, poorly or vilely.
- lovably — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- loverly — (UK, nonstandard, eye dialect) lovely.
- lowlily — in a lowly manner
- loyally — faithful to one's sovereign, government, or state: a loyal subject.
- lucidly — easily understood; completely intelligible or comprehensible: a lucid explanation.
- luckily — by good luck; fortunately: Luckily we had enough money.
- lumpily — In a lumpy manner.
- luridly — gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- lustily — full of or characterized by healthy vigor.
- lyautey — Louis Hubert Gonzalve [lwee y-ber gawn-zalv] /lwi üˈbɛr gɔ̃ˈzalv/ (Show IPA), 1854–1934, French marshal: resident general of Morocco 1912–16, 1917–25.
- lyceums — Plural form of lyceum.
- lychees — Plural form of lychee.
- lychnis — any showy-flowered plant belonging to the genus Lychnis, of the pink family.
- lycopod — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lycoris — any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Lycoris, of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Asia, bearing clustered, variously colored flowers that appear after the leaves have faded and disappeared.
- lycosid — a spider of the family Lycosidae, comprising the wolf spiders.
- lyddite — a high explosive consisting chiefly of picric acid.
- lydgate — John, c1370–1451? English monk, poet, and translator.
- lyefish — lutefisk.
- lygaeid — Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug [lahy-guh s] /ˈlaɪ gəs/ (Show IPA). any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
- lyingly — In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
- lymphad — an ancient rowing boat with one mast
- lympho- — indicating lymph or the lymphatic system
- lyncean — of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lynched — Simple past tense and past participle of lynch.
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynch.
- lynchet — a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside
- lyndora — a female given name.
- lyndsay — Sir David. 1486–1554, Scottish poet and courtier, author of Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Three Estates (1552)
- lynette — a female given name.