How to pronounce lonely in British English
“lonely” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to lonely the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lonely” in: all accents · American English (309 clips)
“lonely” in real sentences — British speakers
278 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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be lonely without their pet.
The Scottish Parliament
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And so he is lonely and alone.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “lonely”
Words one sound away from lonely — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “lonely”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of lonely. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.