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Lilly¹

  • /ˈlɪl.i/

Rhymes with -ɪli

proper noun Lillys · Lillies

  1. A female given name, variant of Lily. The woman at the center of the controversy, Lilly Gaddis, referred to her friends’ husbands as “broke ass n***s” in the clip—dropping the racial slur in a slight southern drawl so naturally, many speculated she must use it in casual conversation.

    Similar: Lily, Lili, Lilli, Lil, Lill, Lil', Lill', Lilie, Lillie

  2. A diminutive of the female given names Lillian and Lilian, from Latin.

    Similar: Lily, Lili, Lilli, Lil, Lill, Lil', Lill', Lilie, Lillie

  3. A diminutive of the female given names Elizabeth and Elisabeth, from Ancient Greek.

    Similar: Lily, Lili, Lilli, Lil, Lill, Lil', Lill', Lilie, Lillie

  4. A surname transferred from the given name, based on the given name
  5. A surname transferred from the place name, variant of Lilley, from the English place name Lilley.

    Similar: Lilley

noun Lillys · Lillies

  1. US, informal A Lilly Pulitzer dress. It angered Target customers who tried, and failed, to grab $40-ish “Lillys” during a sale that was meant to span several weeks and instead spanned mere hours.

lilly²

noun lillies

  1. obsolete Obsolete form of lily in tepid baths was mated to a lilly

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: laila, leyla, layla, leila, lila, shahid, trey, khalifa, lily, nightly, night, read, lis, dsl, lili, lilli

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@misc{lilly_2026,
  title = {lilly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lilly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}