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winly.

Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.

5 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj

  1. Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

adv

  1. Delightfully; pleasantly.

    obsolete

  2. Quietly.

    dialectal · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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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