seely

American  

[see-lee] / ˈsi li /

adjective

Archaic.

1. insignificant or feeble; poor.

2. happy; auspicious.

3. good; pious; blessed.

4. foolish; simple-minded.

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Other Word Forms

• seelily adverb

Etymology

Origin of seely

before 1000; Middle English sely, Old English gesǣlig happy, equivalent to sǣl happiness + -ig -y ¹; cognate with Dutch zalig, German selig; akin to Old Norse sæll, Gothic sēls good, Old English sēl better; silly

Example Sentences

Cheer Daily reports that an email sent by Varsity Spirit president Bill Seely to the company’s community said that Webb fell while playing pickleball earlier this month and suffered a severe head injury.

From Los Angeles Times

Ivan was working at a 52-room hostel, Seely Hirst House in Nottingham, when Calocane approached the building and tried to prise open one of the windows.

From BBC

Daniel and Kyla Seely listed in November their three-bedroom home in Newark, Ohio, about 40 miles east of Columbus, at $324,900.

From The Wall Street Journal

“There’s a pool, I think, of wannabe buyers who have just been sitting on the sidelines and waiting for rates to come down,” Daniel Seely said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Led by Dr. Jean Seely, this study published in the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal reviewed breast cancer cases over 35 years to shed light on trends in breast cancer detection in Canada.

From Science Daily