seely

/sˈili/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

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Meaning

adj

Obsolete

name

"Whereas the poore, the baniſhed, and ſeely ſervants, live often as careleſly and as pleaſantly as the others."
"The seely blind beggar of Bednall-greene / That daylye sits begging for charitie / ... A seely olde man, God knoweth, is hee ..."

Spelling variant of Seely.

seelier (comparative) seeliest (superlative) Seelys (plural)

freely ideally healy healey swahili greeley steely seeley neely feely keeley demille

Questions

How do you pronounce seely?

The recorded pronunciation is /sˈili/.

What does seely mean?

Alternative form of sely or silly.

Where does seely come from?

Spelling variant of Seely.

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