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hurly-burly

How many syllables in hurly-burly?

  4 syllables

Divide hurly-burly into syllables:   hur-ly-bur-ly
Primary syllable stress:   hur-ly-bur-ly
Secondary syllable stress:   hur-ly-bur-ly
How to say hurly-burly:

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