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seedly

seedly adjective: of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy. Also the misspelling of seedy.

Adjective

seedly (comparative more seedly, superlative most seedly)

  1. (nonstandard) Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
    • The Onion, while in its seedly state is liable to be injured by the Slugs.1829, Joshua Major, A treatise on the insects most prevalent on fruit trees and garden ...
    • 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).1894, Adolf Bastian, Zur mythologie und psychologie der Nigritier in Guinea ...

Also used as

seedly is also the misspelling of seedy.

Forms of seedly

comparativemore seedly
superlativemost seedly

Origin of seedly

From seed + -ly.

Questions about seedly

What does seedly mean?
Seedly means of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
What part of speech is seedly?
Seedly is an adjective.

Words near seedly in the dictionary

  1. seedlings
  2. seedlip
  3. seedlips
  4. seedlot
  5. seedlots
  6. seedly
  7. seedman
  8. seedmen
  9. seedness
  10. seednut
  11. seednuts

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