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A curated list of 9-letter words tailored to this exact pattern. Endings like HLY often mark word families—helpful to confirm tense or morphology. For example: beamishly, bearishly, bimonthly.
| Word | Definition | Length | Syllables |
|---|---|---|---|
| beamishly | 9 | 3 | |
| bearishly | 9 | 3 | |
| bimonthly | 9 | 3 | |
| bookishly | 9 | 3 | |
| boorishly | 9 | 3 | |
| brutishly | 9 | 3 | |
| bullishly | 9 | 3 | |
| caddishly | 9 | 3 | |
| coltishly | 9 | 3 | |
| cultishly | 9 | 3 | |
| currishly | 9 | 3 | |
| doggishly | 9 | 3 | |
| dollishly | 9 | 3 | |
| doltishly | 9 | 3 | |
| donnishly | 9 | 3 | |
| dullishly | 9 | 3 | |
| fairishly | 9 | 3 | |
| foolishly | 9 | 3 | |
| foppishly | 9 | 3 | |
| gawkishly | 9 | 3 | |
| girlishly | 9 | 3 | |
| hawkishly | 9 | 3 | |
| hellishly | 9 | 3 | |
| hoggishly | 9 | 3 | |
| knavishly | 9 | 3 | |
| loutishly | 9 | 3 | |
| lumpishly | 9 | 3 | |
| mannishly | 9 | 3 | |
| mawkishly | 9 | 3 | |
| moonishly | 9 | 3 | |
| peevishly | 9 | 3 | |
| pettishly | 9 | 3 | |
| piggishly | 9 | 3 | |
| prudishly | 9 | 3 | |
| puckishly | 9 | 3 | |
| raffishly | 9 | 3 | |
| roguishly | 9 | 3 | |
| ruttishly | 9 | 3 | |
| selfishly | 9 | 3 | |
| sickishly | 9 | 3 | |
| slavishly | 9 | 3 | |
| sottishly | 9 | 3 | |
| staunchly | 9 | 2 | |
| stylishly | 9 | 3 | |
| swinishly | 9 | 3 | |
| throughly | 9 | 2 | |
| uncouthly | 9 | 3 | |
| unearthly | 9 | 3 | |
| waggishly | 9 | 3 | |
| waspishly | 9 | 3 | |
| wolfishly | 9 | 3 |
What’s typical about HLY-ending words?
HLY often marks suffix families; think about derivatives when guessing.
Do you include UK/US spellings?
Where they exist, both may appear.