Seel'y, a.

adjective

a. [A-S. sælig, O. H. Ger. sælig, N. H. Ger. selig. See supra.] [Obs.]

Sense 1. Lucky; fortunate; happy.

To get some seely home I had desire, Loth still to warm me at another's fire. Fairfax.

Sense 2. Hence, inoffensive; artless; simple; foolish; silly. “A seely lamb.” Spencer.