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Definition of Seely
1. a. See Silly.
Definition of Seely
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Lucky, fortunate. ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) Innocent; harmless. ¹
3. Adjective. (obsolete) Pitiable, deserving of sympathy; poor, miserable. ¹
4. Adjective. (obsolete) Trifling, insignificant. ¹
5. Adjective. (obsolete) Silly, foolish. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Seely
1. frail [adj] - See also: frail
Lexicographical Neighbors of Seely
Literary usage of Seely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Public Papers of George Clinton, First Governor of New York, 1777-1795, 1801 by George Clinton, Hugh Hastings, James Austin Holden, New York (State). State Historian (1914)
"Seeley, Joseph, of Saratoga district, NY, 1V:770. seely ... seely, Josiah,
lieutenant, of first regiment, Orange county militia, 1V:629. seely (Ceely). ..."
2. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 by Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan (1901)
"To this witness agreed, and seely surrendered to him the contract filed with ...
At the same time, or shortly thereafter, seely informed witness that Mrs. ..."
3. The New-York Legal Observer by Samuel Owen (1844)
"Williams owned half the brig, Elisha seely one-fourth, and Joseph Gorham the ...
The latter gave to Elisha seely a power to act for him, so that Williams ..."
4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1886)
"\VW seely, of Cincinnati, and CHARLES H. ... no case should be dismissed from
treatment without, as Dr. seely aptly terms it, the " test by trial " — ie, ..."
5. Pennsylvania Archives by Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania State Library (1854)
"She heard Dr Minor say he had seen three of them dead and stiff. SILENCE EMMONS.
Sworn before me at Wyoming, August 9th, 1784. JN° seely. ..."
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