Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

seedly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: seed-ly
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.

adj

Misspelling of seedy.

Example Sentences

"The Onion, while in its seedly state is liable to be injured by the Slugs."
"The Kra of the sheep, when the sheep is killed, enters a new-born lamb and the ghost-sheep goes to the deadland for the use of ghost men« (s. Ellis), the Kra of the bush enters a seedly bush (the ghost-bush goes to deadland)."
"Another friend made all this explanation more detailed and informative: she added that a kiwi also looked, tasted, and was shaped like the prickly pear; she considered other details such as their sharing a seedly flesh, and their enhanced ..."
"After examining the contents the chemist replied: "Why, this is iron Pyrites, commonly known as fool's gold." "What is it worth?" asked the seedly individual. "Oh, about $4.00 a ton in car lots." "Just my luck," exclaimed the questioner."

Etymology

From seed + -ly.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: seed

Inflected Forms

more seedly (comparative) most seedly (superlative)

Questions

What does seedly mean?: Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
Where does seedly come from?: From seed + -ly.

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