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seely

seely is the alternative form of sely or silly.

Proper noun capitalized: Seely

Seely (plural Seelys)

  1. A surname.

Forms of seely

Adjective
comparativeseelier
superlativeseeliest
Proper noun
pluralSeelys

Origin of seely

Spelling variant of Seely.

Questions about seely

What does seely mean?
Seely means a surname.
What is seely the alternative form of?
Seely is the alternative form of sely or silly.
What part of speech is seely?
Seely is a proper noun.

Words near seely in the dictionary

  1. Seeligs
  2. seeling
  3. seelite
  4. seelonce
  5. seels
  6. seely
  7. Seelye
  8. Seelyes
  9. Seelys
  10. seem
  11. seem'd

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