| 释义 |
† ˈseelily, adv. Obs.
Forms: 1 séliᵹlíce, 3 seliliche, seliliȝ, 4 selily, 5 selyly.
[ONorthumb. séliᵹlíce (= WS. ᵹesǽliᵹlíce): see seely a. and -ly2.]
Happily.
[c888K. ælfred Boeth. xi. §1 Maniᵹe habbað ᵹenoᵹ ᵹesælilice ᵹewifod.] a1000Rituale Eccl. Dunelm. (Surtees) 79 Seliᵹlice, feliciter. c1200Ormin 17318 Þurrh whatt himm comm swa seliliȝ To findenn Godess are. c1374Chaucer Boeth. ii. pr. iv. 64 (Addit. MS.) Som man is wel and selily maried but he haþ no children. c1425Eng. Conq. Irel. (Dubl. MS.) xviii. 42 Yn hys lyf of thys world, chaunged wel selyly for þe lyf that euer shal lest without end. |