how to pronounce dolly

/ˈdɑːliː/

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the above transcription of dolly is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

dolly is pronounced in two syllables

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1.

ɑː

2.

iː

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An example use of dolly in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

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meaning of dolly

Dolly is a female name.

dolly frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word dolly occurs in english on average 3.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dolly can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dolly can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) transport and travel;