seedily

UK: /ˈsiːdɪlɪ/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

seed•y /ˈsidi/   adj., -i•er, -i•est. 

1. Botany containing many seeds.
2. poorly kept;
   run-down:
   a seedy hotel.
3. poorly and untidily dressed;
   unkempt:
   A seedy desk clerk greeted us at the old hotel.

seed•i•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

seed•y  (sē′dē), adj., seed•i•er, seed•i•est. 

1. Botany abounding in seed.
2. Botany containing many seeds, as a piece of fruit.
3. Botany gone to seed;
   bearing seeds.
4. poorly kept;
   run-down;
   shabby.
5. shabbily dressed;
   unkempt:
   a seedy old tramp.
6. physically run-down;
   under the weather:
   He felt a bit seedy after his operation.
7. somewhat disreputable;
   degraded:
   a seedy hotel.

• seed + -y¹ 1565–75

seed′i•ly, adv. 
seed′i•ness, n.