selly
/ˈsɛli/adjective, adverb, noun
selly is spelled S-E-L-L-Y: 5 letters. It appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, selly means “Rare; wonderful; admirable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in selly?
| Letters | 5: S-E-L-L-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 9 million words; the 88,353rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is selly?
Selly appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce selly?
- /ˈsɛli/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Words people confuse with selly
Sounds like: celly (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of selly
- sellier comparative
- more selly comparative
- selliest superlative
- most selly superlative
- silly
- sillie
- sellies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does selly mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
ScotlandUKRare; wonderful; admirable
adverb
- 1
ScotlandUKWonderfully, wondrously.
noun
- 1
ScotlandUKA marvel; wonder; something wonderful or rare
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does selly come from?
From Middle English selly, selly, sellich, from Old English sellīċ, seldlīċ (“rare, strange, wondrous”), from Proto-West Germanic *seldalīk, from Proto-Germanic *seldalīkaz, equivalent to seld + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).