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Definition of 'seely'

English

Alternative forms

* (l)

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • (obsolete) Lucky, fortunate.
  • (obsolete) Innocent; harmless.
  • (obsolete) Pitiable, deserving of sympathy; poor, miserable.
  • *, Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.57:
  • *:Whereas the poore, the banished, and seely servants, live often as carelesly and as pleasantly as the other.
  • (obsolete) Trifling, insignificant.
  • (obsolete) Silly, foolish.