What does seely mean?
Definitions for seely
see·ly
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Wiktionary
seelyadjective
Lucky, fortunate.
seelyadjective
Innocent; harmless.
seelyadjective
Pitiable, deserving of sympathy; poor, miserable.
seelyadjective
Trifling, insignificant.
seelyadjective
Silly, foolish.
Etymology: From sely, from * (attested only in form gesælig), from sēlīgaz, equivalent to. Cognate with West Frisian sillich, Dutch zalig, German selig. Developed into silly.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Seelyadjective
Etymology: from seel , lucky time, Saxon.
My seely sheep like well below,
For they been hale enough and trow,
And liken their abode. Edmund Spenser.Peacock and turkie, that nibbles off top,
Are very ill neighbours to seely poor hop. Thomas Tusser.
Webster Dictionary
Seelyadjective
see Silly
Wikidata
Seely
Seely was a dream pop band from Atlanta, Georgia formed in 1994. They released four albums before disbanding in 2000.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
SEELY
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Seely is ranked #6150 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Seely surname appeared 5,571 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Seely.
93.3% or 5,202 total occurrences were White.
2.4% or 135 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
1.4% or 81 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1% or 57 total occurrences were Asian.
0.9% or 52 total occurrences were Black.
0.7% or 44 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of seely in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of seely in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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