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Eyely vs Eely - What's the difference?

eyely | eely |

As adjectives the difference between eyely and eely

is that eyely is visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious while eely is resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery.

As an adverb eyely

is obviously; evidently; apparently.

eyely

English

Adjective

(en-adj)
  • Visible or apparent to the eye; evident; obvious.
  • * 1892 , Creedmore Fleenor, Thought throbs :
    • Ofttimes we look upon an eyely prize, And conjure means by which we may obtain That morsel for ourself; [...]
  • * 1903 , Oxford Journals (Firm), Notes and queries :
    • [...] and I quoted a few places where the first part of my accusation is capable of "eyely and euident demonstration,' to use a phrase of Leicarraga's time.

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Obviously; evidently; apparently.
  • * 1871 , Tom Hood, Frances Freeling Broderip, The works of Thomas Hood :
    • He was eyely delited at the site you may be sure but Becky being timersome shut her eyes all the time she was seeing it.
  • * 1883 , MOONSHINE:
    • Eyely probable. — The Speaker told the hon. member for Eye that "every time he opened his mouth he appeared to be trifling with the House."

    eely

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Resembling an eel: long, thin and slippery
  • * {{quote-book, year=1850, author=George Manville Fenn, title=Menhardoc, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=The great ugly sharky fish was hooked forward by Josh and placed in a great basket, where it lay writhing its eely tail, and flapping its wing-like fins as the boat slowly progressed, and bait after bait was replaced, many being untouched, the thornback, skate, or ray being the only fish taken. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=George Manville Fenn, title=The Ocean Cat's Paw, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=That was a great long eely thing; but Joe Cross here says this was more like a great turtle, with flippers and a long neck, and a head like a snake." }}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2004, date=August 13, author=Neil Tesser, title=Lou Donaldson Quartet with Dr. Lonnie Smith, work=Chicago Reader citation
    • , passage=Veteran alto saxist Lou Donaldson faces the audience with a raised eyebrow and a toothy grin, and his horn's high-pitched, eely timbre--which still has plenty of the grease that made him a soul-jazz hero in the 60s and 70s--complements his squeaky voice. }}