Winly

adj, adv

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly. obsolete
Adverb
  1. 1
    Delightfully; pleasantly. obsolete
  2. 2
    Quietly. dialectal, obsolete

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English winly, wynnelych, wunliche, from Old English wynlīċ (“joyous”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjulīk (“joyous”), from *wunjō (“joy, delight, desire”), equivalent to winne + -ly. More at winne, winsome.

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