English Explanatory Dictionary

winly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Joyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.
adv
  1. Delightfully; pleasantly.
  2. Quietly.

Word forms

winly more winly most winly

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.

Related words

winne winsome
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