rebelly

R1E1B3E1L1L1Y4

adjective

rebellious

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Meanings

adjectiverebelly (comparative more rebelly, superlative most rebelly)

comparative more rebelly · superlative most rebelly

  1. obsoleterebellious

    “COME, tell us the name of the rebelly crew, / Who lifted the pike on the Curragh with you;[…]

    1888, “The Patriot Mother: A Ballad of '98”, in Henry Halliday Sparling, editor, Irish Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Irish Songs, Lyrics, and Ballads, Walter Scott, page 393

Origin

From rebel + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Ellerby
Cite this entry
APA

rebelly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebelly

MLA

“rebelly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebelly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rebelly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rebelly.

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