selly

Meanings

Adjective

Rare; wonderful; admirable

Adverb

Wonderfully, wondrously.

Noun

A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare

Origin

From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly. Cognate with Scots selly, silly, Old Saxon seldlīk, Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃.

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