Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characterised by cackling.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective like the cackles or squawks a hen makes especially after laying an egg

Etymologies

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cackle +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • She throws her head back and laughs, loud and cackly and unrestrained, straight from the gut.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • She throws her head back and laughs, loud and cackly and unrestrained, straight from the gut.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • She throws her head back and laughs, loud and cackly and unrestrained, straight from the gut.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • She throws her head back and laughs, loud and cackly and unrestrained, straight from the gut.

    The Fiddler in the Subway Gene Weingarten 2010

  • The cackly soup recommenced to jabber from the speaker and Bob thought he heard a “Certainly.”

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • The cackly soup recommenced to jabber from the speaker and Bob thought he heard a “Certainly.”

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • The cackly soup recommenced to jabber from the speaker and Bob thought he heard a “Certainly.”

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • When I saw them I distinctly heard a cackly voice going, "Ahhhh, look what you've done, I'm melting, ahhhhh"

    Going to the Dogs Jen 2008

  • “What a world, what a world,” he said in a high-pitched, cackly voice.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

  • “What a world, what a world,” he said in a high-pitched, cackly voice.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

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