sellyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from 古期英語 sellīċ, seldlīċ (“まれに, 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 (“まれに, wonderful”), Gothic �������������������� (sildaleiks, “wonderful”).

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛli/
• Homophone: celly
• 韻: -ɛli

形容詞

selly (comparative sellier または more selly, superlative selliest または most selly)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Rare; wonderful; admirable

同意語

• (まれに): infrequent, scarce, uncommon; see also Thesaurus:rare
• (wonderful): enchanting, impressive, unbelievable; see also Thesaurus:wonderful

副詞

selly (comparative sellier または more selly, superlative selliest または most selly)

1. (Britain dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Wonderfully, wondrously.
   • a. 1472, Thomas Malory, “(please specify the chapter)”, in [Le Morte Darthur], (please specify the book number), [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, OCLC 71490786; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, OCLC 890162034: