sely

English

adj
Definitions
  • (archaic) spiritually favored, blessed, holy, virtuous, righteous
  • (archaic) worthy, noble, fine, excellent
  • (archaic) fortunate, lucky, prosperous
  • (archaic) happy, pleasant
  • (archaic) wealthy (figurative)
  • (archaic) innocent, harmless; good
  • (archaic) simple, guileless; foolish, gullible; doting; ignorant
  • (archaic) weak, helpless, defenseless, hapless
  • (archaic) wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable
  • (archaic) humble, lowly, poor
  • (archaic) worthless, trifling, insignificant

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English sely inherited from Old English sǣliġ (blessed, fortunate, prosperous, happy) inherited from *sālīg (happy, blissful) suffix from English seel (happiness, bliss).

Origin

English

seel

Gloss

happiness, bliss

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

幸, 嬉

Emoji

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