selly

• silly, sillie (Scotland)

From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous, extraordinary, wonderful; having unusually good qualities, excellent, admirable; select, better, superior, choice”), from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld +‎ -ly. Cognate with Scots selly, silly (“approved, good, worthy”), Old Saxon seldlīk (“rare, wonderful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌹𐌻𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌴𐌹𐌺𐍃 (sildaleiks, “wonderful”).

• Rhymes: -ɛli

selly (comparative sellier or more selly, superlative selliest or most selly)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland, MLE) Rare; wonderful; admirable
   • 2017 December 22, “No Hook”, performed by 61 – Cee Drilla x Beans x Nz x Ruger:

     And I am whipping off raw, that’s messy
     The nitties them call that selly

selly (comparative sellier or more selly, superlative selliest or most selly)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wonderfully, wondrous.
   • Malory

     His brother was […] selly sick and sore unsound.

selly (plural sellies)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) A marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare
   • 1995, Robert J. Blanch, Julian N. Wasserman, From Pearl to Gawain:

     The line is a masterstroke of noncommitment, for the event is a "selly" in the sight of some unidentified readers.

• Lyles, yells

• selli, sellich, selliche, sillich, sullich, seollich, sælliche, sellic, solly, sællic, selle, celly

From Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ, syllīċ, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz; equivalent to selde (“uncommon”) +‎ -ly.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛliː/, /ˈsɛliːtʃ(ə)/, /ˈsɛleː/

selly

1. weird, unusual, odd, bizarre
2. strange, astounding, wondrous
3. amazing, extraordinary, breathtaking
4. many (in number); abundant.

• English: selly
• Scots: selly

• “sellī (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

selly

1. weirdly, wondrously, oddly, surprisingly
2. In a agile manner; speedily; with power and force.
3. (By) a lot; extremely, to a great degree.

• English: selly
• Scots: selly

• “sellī (adv.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.

selly (plural sellys)

1. A wondrous or astounding happening or action.

• English: selly
• Scots: selly

• “sellī (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-04.