† winlyadj.
Obsolete.
Pleasant, agreeable; goodly, splendid, beautiful. (Often merely a vague epithet of commendation.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective]
goodOE
winlyOE
snella1000
winc1275
boonc1325
cleana1375
tidya1375
positivea1398
comelyc1400
kindc1400
kindly?a1425
well-formeda1425
trim?a1513
wally?a1513
bonnya1525
delicatea1533
goodlike1562
sappy1563
bein1567
rum1567
benedict1576
warrantable1581
true (also good, sure) as touch1590
goodlisomea1603
respectable1603
clever1738
amusing1753
plummy1787
bone1793
brickish1843
mooi1850
ryebuck1859
spandy1868
greatisha1871
healthy1878
popular1884
beefy1903
onkus1910
quies1919
cushty1929
high-powered1969
not shabby1975
the mind > attention and judgement > beauty > pleasing appearance > [adjective]
faireOE
comelyOE
winlyOE
goodlyOE
hendya1250
hendc1275
quaintc1300
seemlyc1305
tidya1325
avenant1340
honestc1384
sightya1387
properc1390
well beseena1393
queema1400
speciousa1400
featousc1400
parisantc1400
rekenc1400
well-favoureda1438
wellc1450
spectable?a1475
delicatec1480
jollya1500
bonny?a1513
snog1513
viewlyc1536
goodlikec1550
sightly1555
sightful1565
beholdinga1586
eyesome?1587
decent1600
vage1604
prospicuous1605
eyely1614
fashionable1630
well-looking1638
softa1643
fineish1647
well-looked1660
of a good (also ugly, etc.) look1700
likely-looked1709
sonsy1720
smiling1725
aspectable1731
smirkya1758
likely-looking1771
respectable1776
magnificent-looking1790
producible1792
presentable1800
good-looking1804
nice-looking1807
bonnyish1855
spick1882
eyeable1887
aegyo2007
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adjective]
winsomea900
sweetc900
likingeOE
i-quemec950
lieflyOE
winlyOE
hereOE
thankfulc1000
merryOE
queemc1175
beina1200
willea1200
leesomec1200
savouryc1225
estea1250
i-wilc1275
winc1275
welcomea1300
doucea1350
well-pleasingc1350
acceptablea1382
pleasablea1382
pleasanta1382
pleaseda1382
acceptedc1384
amiablec1384
well-likinga1387
queemfulc1390
flattering1393
pleasinga1398
well-queeminga1400
comelyc1400
farrandc1400
greable1401
goodlyc1405
amicable?a1425
placablec1429
amene1433
winful1438
listyc1440
dulcet1445
agreeablec1450
favourousc1485
sweetly?a1500
pleasureful?c1502
dulcea1513
grate1523
prettya1529
plausible1541
jolly1549
dulcoratec1550
toothsome1551
pleasurable1557
tickling1558
suavec1560
amenous1567
odoriferous?1575
perfumed1580
glada1586
tickle1593
pleasurous1595
favoursome1601
dulcean1606
gratifying1611
Hyblaean1614
gratulatea1616
arrident1616
solacefula1618
pleasantable1619
placid1628
contentsome1632
sapid1640
canny1643
gustful1647
peramene1657
pergrateful1657
tastefula1659
complacent1660
placentiousa1661
gratifactorya1665
bland1667
suavious1669
palatable1683
placent1683
complaisant1710
nice1747
tasty1796
sweetsome1799
titbit1820
connate1836
cunning1843
mooi1850
gemütlich1852
sympathique1859
congenial1878
sympathetic1900
sipid1908
onkus1910
sympathisch1911
OE Phoenix 34 Smylte is se sigeworg; sunbearo lixeð, wuduholt wynlic.
c1000 Ags. Hom. (Assmann) ix. 205 Heo wæs swiðe wlitig and wenlices hiwes.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4987 Stod þe wund-liche [c1300 Otho wonliche] wude amidden ane wælde.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 4034 Wæs at-foren þan wæfde imaked an wunlic fur.
a1300 E.E. Psalter xxiii[i]. 3 Wha sal stegh in hille of lauerd winli?
1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 1411 Some of þo wynly wones Were peynted with precyus stones.
a1400 Pistill of Susan 99 With wardons winlich and walshe notes newe.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 181 Ther-to wylde to wale, and wynlyche bryddes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
† winlyadv.
Obsolete.
Pleasantly, agreeably; finely, splendidly. (Often vague in alliterative verse.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb] > and pleasing
comelyOE
winlyc1000
comelilyc1400
trimly?a1513
trima1547
sweetly1594
cleverly1697
nicely1714
tidy1824
sweet1846
wally1847
the mind > emotion > pleasure > quality of being pleasant or pleasurable > [adverb]
sweetlyc900
queemlyOE
lustly971
winlyc1000
sootlya1125
to (a person's) queemc1175
lustilya1225
avenantlya1375
pleasinglya1398
queema1400
beinc1400
farrandlyc1400
pleasantlyc1400
pleasantlya1425
queemfullyc1425
thankfullyc1480
greablyc1500
dulcely1508
dulcea1525
pleasant1553
agreeably?1567
pleasurably1580
sugarly1587
flattering1597
sweet1597
attractively1640
well-pleasingly1645
welcomely1646
flatteringly1661
relishingly1677
satisfyingly1743
sweetsome1799
smilingly1806
dulcetly1810
gratifyingly1822
honeyedly1832
enjoyably1877
suavely1883
congenially1884
a fair treat1884
c1000 Ags. Ps. cvii[i]. 2 Þæt ic wynlice on psalterio þe singan mote.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 1800 Sone werð þe alde king wunliche iæðeled.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 749 A gardin euene,..wynli wiþ heie wal was closed al a-boute.
a1400–50 Wars Alex. 5545 In at a wicket he went & wynly it speris.
c1400 Sc. Trojan War (Horstm.) i. 225 The stretis ware strautht & wynly maide.
c1440 York Myst. xlv. 103 What ayles yow women, for wo þus wynly to wepe?
a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 660 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 The pape and ye patriarkis..Welcummit yaim wynly.
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