seely adjective. ['si:li] Long obsolete exc. dial.
[Old English (ġe)sǣliġ = Old Frisian sēlich, Old Saxon sālig, Middle Dutch sālech (Dutch zalig), Old High German sālig (German selig), from West Germanic base meaning 'luck, happiness'. Cf. SELE, SILLY.]
1. Happy, fortunate, lucky; favoured or blessed by God. OE.

2. Pious, holy, good. ME.

3. Innocent, harmless; helpless, defenceless; deserving of pity or sympathy. ME.

4. Insignificant, trifling, poor; feeble, frail. ME.

5. Foolish, simple, silly. LME.

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