Definitions for frilly

frilly frill·y

Spelling: [fril-ee]
IPA: /ˈfrɪl i/

Frilly is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 49 anagrams from letters in frilly (fillry).

Definitions for frilly

adjective

  1. covered with or marked by frills:
  2. frivolous; inconsequential:

Origin of frilly

First recorded in 1835-45; frill + -y1

Examples for frilly

Cherry, sinking white and frilly into a chair, smiled indulgently.

Flourishes of ruffles spread out from beneath the hemline, like a frilly skirt.

The slices of ham he cuts—they never do have frilly looks with holes in between.

The two frilly night-dresses, the other chemise, the other petticoat, the extra stockings?

I expect she'll have a beautiful lot of frilly frocks when you get home.

Next out was Madeline, a one-and-a-half year old Sphinx in a frilly pink ballerina outfit.

What could have been a frilly flop was given weight by DiCaprio and Mulligan, and Maguire, too.

Not the kind you have on note-paper, but a frilly thing on his head.

New Orleanians loved the frilly, pale lavender flowers and gradually planted them as decorations around the city in garden ponds.

But instead of frilly unmentionables under the tissue paper, there were pages and pages of printed-out signatures and comments.

Word Value for frilly
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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