Seely vs Seedy - What's the difference?
seely | seedy |
(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.
disreputable, run-down, sleazy.
full of seeds.
untidy; unkempt
infirm; gone to seed.
suffering the effects of a hangover
(colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.
As adjectives the difference between seely and seedy
is that seely is (obsolete) lucky, fortunate while seedy is disreputable, run-down, sleazy.seely
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Alternative forms
* (l)Adjective
(en adjective)seedy
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Adjective
(er)- The healing power of alcohol only works on scrapes and nicks; and not on girls in seedy bars who drown themselves in it. (from "Choice Hops and Bottled Self Esteem" by Bayside)
- pomegranates are as seedy as any fruit you are likely to see.
- His seedy , dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
- With her aching back and pronounced limp, she was feeling particularly seedy today.
- After last night's party we were all feeling pretty seedy .
