How to pronounce lonely in American English
“lonely” pronunciation by American speakers
Listen to lonely the way American speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “lonely” in: all accents · British English (278 clips)
“lonely” in real sentences — American speakers
309 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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You're doing God's work, because what a lonely, lonely, lonely feeling.
The Obama White House
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yourself can become very lonely.
Voice of America
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lonely or feeling disconnected from people.
CDC
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.