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Rily vs Ruly - What's the difference?

rily | ruly |

As adjectives the difference between rily and ruly

is that rily is roily; turbulent while ruly is pitiable; miserable.

As an adverb ruly is

pitiably; miserably.

rily

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • roily; turbulent
    • (Webster 1913)

    ruly

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ruly, rewly, rewely, reweliche, from (etyl) .

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Pitiable; miserable.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rewly, reoly.

    Adverb

    (en-adv)
  • Pitiably; miserably.

    • Etymology 3

    . More at (l).

    Adjective

    (er)
  • neat and orderly