selly

Meanings

Plural: sellies

Adj

Rare; wonderful; admirable

Adv

Wonderfully, wondrously.

Noun

A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldalīk, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly.
Cognate with Scots selly, silly (“approved, good, worthy”), Old Saxon seldlīk (“rare, wonderful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (sildaleiks, “wonderful”).

Synonyms

enchanting, impressive, infrequent, rare, scarce, unbelievable, uncommon, wonderful

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