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- [nel-ee]
- /ˈnɛl i/
- /ˈnel.i/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nel-ee]
- /ˈnɛl i/
Definitions of nelly word
- noun nelly a female given name, form of Helen. 1
- noun nelly (often lowercase) Slang. Offensive. a fussily effeminate male. Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual. 1
- noun nelly A silly person. 1
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Origin of nelly
First appearance:
before 1940 One of the 7% newest English words
First recorded in 1940-45; of uncertain origin
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Nelly
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
nelly popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 63% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
nelly usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with nelly
- how old is nelly?
- how much is nelly worth?
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- how many kids does nelly have?
- where is nelly from?
- where does nelly live?
- what happened to nelly?
- what is nelly doing now?
- who is nelly dating?
- what happened to nelly furtado?
- what is nelly real name?
- why did nelly and ashanti break up?
- how old is nelly furtado?
- no matter what i do nelly?
- nelly no matter what i do?