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Larky vs Larry - What's the difference?

larky | larry |

As an adjective larky

is playful.

As a noun larry is

.

larky

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • playful
  • *{{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 8, author=, title=Quotes of the week ..., work=The Observer citation
    • , passage=This is Mr Wilson being larky , by the way. }}

    larry

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A diminutive of Laurence and Lawrence. Popular as a male given name in the U.S. in the 1940s and the 1950s.
  • * 1998 Carol Shields: Larry's Party . Penguin 1998. ISBN 0140266771 page 254:
    • No one gets named Larry' anymore. It's had it as a name. Think of someone called ' Larry and you automatically conjure up a guy drinking beer in a sixties rec room.
  • * 2002 Laurell K. Hamilton: Circus of the Damned . JOVE 2002. ISBN 0515134481 page 149:
    • "Larry', name's '''Larry'''." I smiled, it was too ridiculous. He was worried about me calling him Lawrence instead of ' Larry with a rogue zombie climbing out of the dirt.

    Derived terms

    * happy as Larry English diminutives of male given names