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You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs and jowly necks, and we looked fantastic.
Joanna Lumley

Meaning of "jowly" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JOWLY

jowly  [ˈdʒaʊlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JOWLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jowly is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JOWLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jowly in the English dictionary

The definition of jowly in the dictionary is having fat cheeks which hang down towards their jaw.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JOWLY


bully
ˈbʊlɪ
carefully
ˈkeəfʊlɪ
Cowley
ˈkaʊlɪ
dowly
ˈdaʊlɪ
foley
ˈfəʊlɪ
foulie
ˈfaʊlɪ
fully
ˈfʊlɪ
goalie
ˈɡəʊlɪ
growly
ˈɡraʊlɪ
haole
ˈhaʊlɪ
holy
ˈhəʊlɪ
hopefully
ˈhəʊpfʊlɪ
pulley
ˈpʊlɪ
roly-poly
ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ
slowly
ˈsləʊlɪ
soli
ˈsəʊlɪ
successfully
səkˈsɛsfʊlɪ
thankfully
ˈθæŋkfʊlɪ
wonderfully
ˈwʌndəfʊlɪ
yowley
ˈjaʊlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JOWLY

jovialness
Jovian
jow
jowar
Jowett
jowl
jowled
jowler
jowliness
jowls
joy
joy stick
joyance
Joyce
Joycean
joyful
joyfully
joyfulness
joyless
joylessly

WORDS THAT END LIKE JOWLY

brawly
crawly
creepy-crawly
drawly
fellowly
hollowly
lowly
mellowly
narrowly
newly
rawly
sallowly
scrawly
shallowly
sprawly
viewly
yellowly

Synonyms and antonyms of jowly in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jowly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JOWLY

Find out the translation of jowly to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jowly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jowly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

jowly
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

papada
570 millions of speakers

English

jowly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जबड़े का
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مرتخية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

jowly
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

jowly
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

jowly
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jowly
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Jowly
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

jowly
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

jowly
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

jowly
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jowly
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

jowly
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

jowly
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

हळूच
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

jowly
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

jowly
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jowly
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

jowly
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

jowly
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

jowly
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

jowly
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

jowly
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

jowly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jowly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JOWLY»

The term «jowly» is normally little used and occupies the 131.935 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JOWLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jowly

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QUOTES WITH «JOWLY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word jowly.
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Joanna Lumley
You can't be vain as an actor. In 'Ab Fab,' we were made up as old women with bald wigs and jowly necks, and we looked fantastic.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JOWLY»

Discover the use of jowly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jowly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Fun
Would this jolly jowly salmon oil" Greenwich Hie of! to visit FRANK Bucxnnn. So ofl' he went, and his tail gave a flap— Heigh ho! Faun: Bucxnann! So off he went, and his tail gave a flap, But on his way he met with a trap, Did this jolly jowly ...
‎1864
2
How I Became a Famous Novelist
You know where the word decimate comes from? Ancient Rome. When they'd conquer a city, they'd go like this: one two three four five six' – the jowly man counted off among the three of us – 'seven eight nine ten thwack.' He stared at me and ...
Steve Hely, 2011
3
Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
... folds of skin and flesh on the lower parts of its face) • jowly /'d3au.li/ adjective She s become increasingly jowly (= the skin and flesh on the lower part of her face has become looser) as she's got older. joy /d33i/ noun happiness© 1 © [U] great ...
‎2008
4
The Women Debrowska
The officer in charge held out his hand to the jowly one. “It's all right,” he said to him in German. Then turning to Kajetan, he continued in flawless Polish. “Where have you been this evening, sir.” “I have been out for a ride, sir. Along the Wisloka ...
Leigh Podgorski, 2010
5
The Smallest Carbon Footprint in the Land and Other Eco-Tales
Then he looked up at a tree branch and called, 'WAKE UP, JOWLY OWLY!' Jowly Owly opened one eye. 'To wit?' 'The sea is rising,' called Turkey Lurkey. 'And the weather is freaky,' said Gander Dander. Jowly Owly opened her other eye.
Anne Morgan, 2013
6
Veteran In A New Field
... how would they like that?!" This declaimed in a vehement stage whisper, came from the casino door, and caused Seamus and the others in the barroom to look in that direction. Entering through the door were the jowly man, just finishing ...
W. H. Payne, 2013
7
Maya Figurines: Intersections Between State and Household
Intersections Between State and Household Christina T. Halperin. where a number of miniature masks, figurines, and vessels depict beings with long, jowly cheeks, slit or closed eyes, large lips, and bodies with large bellies (when present).
Christina T. Halperin, 2014
8
Modern Anglophone Drama by Women
THE ACTRESS: They said you had jowls. MISS LIZZIE: Did they. THE ACTRESS: The reports of the day said you were definitely jowly. MISS LIZZIE: That was ten years ago. THE ACTRESS: Imagine. You were only thirty-four. MISS LIZZIE: Yes.
Alan P. Barr, 2007
9
The Listener
Wearing a pith helmet, safari suit and tennis shoes, a jowly Australian-American in his early fifties emerges from the chopper.) narrator: This area, within sight of the notorious Devil's Island, was once the reserve of notorious criminals . . . ( Short ...
‎1988
10
Damascus: A Novel
very .Jowly. to. len. Shi. MVflid. hff. Ml. teEtll. Willl. llCF. tongue and put her hands on her hips. She actually tapped her foot. Then she turned back to face him, unblinking. 'Who's this Jessica woman?' 'Who?' 'I think you heard me the first time .
Richard Beard, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JOWLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jowly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Long may he run: Young a hit at Bethel Woods - Times Herald-Record
He invited “Woodstock veterans” to the stage and, tongue in jowly cheek, mused that they jackhammer the cement in front of it so the crowd and ... «Times Herald-Record, Jul 15»
2
Snubbing Empire is a slightly different kind of dumb for the Emmys …
... plenty from other years, too) which is basically the exact same thing, except given a jowly white gloss and more shadowy cinematography. «National Post, Jul 15»
3
Steel and shadows | The Economist
The outside world blinked. No more charming lightweights: here was a figure radiating the values of the past, jowly, owlish, slow-spoken and ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
4
Sir Patrick Stewart: I'm going to play Othello as a white man
Oscar-winner Colin Firth's smooth complexion led to flattering comparisons with his contemporary Hugh Grant, who looked jowly in the Royal ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
5
Remembering Orson Welles At 100
The brash “boy genius” became an overweight, jowly has-been in most eyes, and Welles went into self-exile in Europe doing hack acting work ... «Neviewpoint, Jul 15»
6
Pete Rose: Former Reds player big topic of discussion at MLB ASG …
His famous mop is now a thinning swath colored an impossible hue of brown, his face sagging and jowly. The bright lights here are not kind. «SI.com, Jul 15»
7
Bloodthirsty Prosecutor Who Said “We Need to Kill More People …
A recent New Yorker article described Cox as a “jowly sixty-seven-year-old man with thinning white hair,” and reported that he had been ... «Slate Magazine, Jul 15»
8
Review: Morrissey finally arrives in Minnesota
His five-piece band was anchored as it has been for years by guitarist Boz Boorer, a jowly fan favorite, but its MVP was Gustavo Manzur. «City Pages, Jul 15»
9
Pete Rose at the Corn Crib: Next Stop, the All-Star Game
His face is jowly, and his once famous Prince Valiant mop is dyed a dark brown. His stomach protrudes, and he moves with the suggestion of ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
10
America's Game
... during the past month were a welcome reprieve from headlines about corruption and the accompanying images of FIFA's jowly old men. «The New Yorker, Jul 15»

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