The Collaborative International Dictionary
Unsely
Unsely \Un*se"ly\, a. [AS. uns?lig. See Un- not, and Silly.]
Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [Written also
unsilly.] [Obs.]
--Chaucer. -- Un*se"li*ness, n. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
unsely
a. (context obsolete English) Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. alt. (context obsolete English) Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate.
Usage examples of "unsely".
And when this jape is told another day, I shall be held a daffe* or a cockenay *coward I will arise, and auntre* it, by my fay: *attempt Unhardy is unsely, as men say.