Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adv
Delightfully; pleasantly. · Quietly.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryJoyous; winsome; pleasant; gracious; goodly.
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.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionwinlyenm
- Inherited-form mentionwynlīċang · joyous
- Inherited-form mention*wunnjulīkgmw-pro · joyous
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