different between watery vs waterly

English

From Middle English watery, wattry, from Old English wæteri? (“watery”), from Proto-West Germanic *watar?g. Equivalent to water +? -y.

watery (comparative waterier, superlative wateriest)

Resembling or characteristic of water.
- 2005, Robert L. Mott, Radio Sound Effects
  The prop also gave a good watery sound to those early radio rainstorms.
Wet, soggy or soaked with water.
Diluted or having too much water.
(of light) Thin and pale therefore suggestive of water.
Weak and insipid.
Discharging water or similar substance as a result of disease etc.
I took my cat to the vet because I was worried about his watery eyes.
Tearful.

(characteristic of water): waterish
- See also Thesaurus:runny
- aqueous, aquose
(soaked with water): drenched, moist, waterlogged; see also Thesaurus:wet
(having too much water): wishy-washy
(weak, insipid): bland, flavorless (figuratively); see also Thesaurus:insipid

From Middle English watirly, from Old English wæterl?? (“aquatic”), equivalent to water +? -ly.

waterly (comparative more waterly, superlative most waterly)

(rare) Of or relating to water; aquatic.
- 1981, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Technical papers of the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping:
  Firstly, a set of waterly elements which may not be able to assimilate to a simple thickness line. These objects have some certain width, for example, lakes, swamps, ponds, and so on.
- 2007, Geir Hasle, Knut-Andreas Lie, Ewald Quak, Geometric Modelling, Numerical Simulation, and Optimization:
  Bottom or land boundaries constitute wall boundaries for waterly flow, while for air flow similar wall boundaries are represented by land/ground and sea surface.

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