† seuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Sole, unique.
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the world > relative properties > number > specific numbers > one > only one > [adjective]
onlepyeOE
aefauldeOE
onlyOE
soleinc1369
solea1398
halea1400
seul1477
anerlyc1485
alonelya1513
allenarlya1525
singulara1555
fellowlessa1586
unfellowed1597
unique1601
lone1602
unical1605
single1633
solitarya1634
exclusive1790
one-off1934
one-of-a-kind1954
1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 42 Iason..thought..onely, vpon the seulle & oultrepassed beaute of the vertuous Myrro.
1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) III. 26 If I thought to haue endomaged you of one seile farthyng [sic; Fr. d'un seul espy].
1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Early Eng. Prose Romances (1858) III. 106 Seul heritier of his brother.]
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