seedily,adv.|ˈsiːdɪlɪ| [f. seedy a. + -ly2.] In shabby, impecunious fashion. 1879F. W. Robinson Coward Consc. ii. vi, One tall man, seedily attired.1909Beerbohm Yet Again 22 He was an excellent actor... But, like many others of his kind, [he] drifted seedily away into the provinces.