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Seedily vs Seedly - What's the difference?

seedily | seedly |

As an adverb seedily

is in a seedy way.

As an adjective seedly is

of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.

seedily

English

Adverb

(en adverb)
  • In a seedy way.

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    seedly

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
  • *1829 , Joshua Major, A treatise on the insects most prevalent on fruit trees and garden ... :
    • The Onion, while in its seedly state is liable to be injured by the Slugs.
  • *1894 , Adolf Bastian, Zur mythologie und psychologie der Nigritier in Guinea ... :
    • The Kra of the sheep, when the sheep is killed, enters a new-born lamb and the ghost-sheep goes to the deadland for the use of ghost men« (s. Ellis), the Kra of the bush enters a seedly bush (the ghost-bush goes to deadland).
  • *1916 , Southern pharmaceutical journal:
    • After examining the contents the chemist replied: "Why, this is iron Pyrites, commonly known as fool's gold." "What is it worth?" asked the seedly individual. "Oh, about $4.00 a ton in car lots." "Just my luck," exclaimed the questioner.
  • *1992 , Baltasar Gracian, wit, and the Baroque Age: a rhetorical study:
    • Another friend made all this explanation more detailed and informative: she added that a kiwi also looked, tasted, and was shaped like the prickly pear; she considered other details such as their sharing a seedly flesh, and their enhanced ...