different between seedy vs seedly

English

From Middle English sedy, equivalent to seed +? -y.

seedy (comparative seedier, superlative seediest)

Full of seeds.
(figuratively) Disreputable, run-down.
Synonym: sleazy
Untidy; unkempt.
Infirm; unwell; gone to seed.
Suffering the effects of a hangover.
Having the flavour of seeds.
(colloquial) Having a peculiar flavour supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; said of certain kinds of French brandy.

From seed +? -ly.

seedly (comparative more seedly, superlative most seedly)

(nonstandard) Of, like, or relating to seeds; producing or bearing seeds; seedy.
- 1829, Joshua Major, A treatise on the insects most prevalent on fruit trees and garden ...:
  The Onion, while in its seedly state is liable to be injured by the Slugs.
- 1894, Adolf Bastian, Zur mythologie und psychologie der Nigritier in Guinea ...:
  The Kra of the sheep, when the sheep is killed, enters a new-born lamb and the ghost-sheep goes to the deadland for the use of ghost men« (s. Ellis), the Kra of the bush enters a seedly bush (the ghost-bush goes to deadland).
- 1992, Baltasar Gracian, wit, and the Baroque Age: a rhetorical study:
  Another friend made all this explanation more detailed and informative: she added that a kiwi also looked, tasted, and was shaped like the prickly pear; she considered other details such as their sharing a seedly flesh, and their enhanced ...
(nonstandard) Misspelling of seedy.
- 1916, Southern pharmaceutical journal:
  After examining the contents the chemist replied: "Why, this is iron Pyrites, commonly known as fool's gold." "What is it worth?" asked the seedly individual. "Oh, about $4.00 a ton in car lots." "Just my luck," exclaimed the questioner.

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