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seedly en · ADJ

Etymology

From seed + -ly.

Meanings

1. (nonstandard) Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
   • Another friend made all this explanation more detailed and informative: she added that a kiwi also looked, tasted, and was shaped like the prickly pear; she considered other details such as their sharing a seedly flesh, and their enhanced ... 1992, Baltasar Gracian, wit, and the Baroque Age: a rhetorical study
   • The Kra of the sheep, when the sheep is killed, enters a new-born lamb and the ghost-sheep goes to the deadland for the use of ghost men« (s. Ellis), the Kra of the bush enters a seedly bush (the ghost-bush goes to deadland). 1894, Adolf Bastian, Zur mythologie und psychologie der Nigritier in Guinea ...:
   • The Onion, while in its seedly state is liable to be injured by the Slugs. 1829, Joshua Major, A treatise on the insects most prevalent on fruit trees and garden ...:
2. (alt-of, misspelling, nonstandard) Misspelling of seedy.
   alt of seedy
   • After examining the contents the chemist replied: "Why, this is iron Pyrites, commonly known as fool's gold." "What is it worth?" asked the seedly individual. "Oh, about $4.00 a ton in car lots." "Just my luck," exclaimed the questioner. 1916, Southern pharmaceutical journal

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