Gradely
adj, adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 decent, well-meaning, respectable Northern-England
"My work has meant travelling the world over, to great places and small, but home to me always means Rochdale and its gradely folk."
- 2 excellent
"Yo're well off to ha' Betsy Ogden comin' in; she's a gradely worker."
- 3 handsome, fair
"This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?"
- 4 real, proper
- 1 properly, really
- 2 readily, speedily UK, obsolete, regional
Example
More examples"My work has meant travelling the world over, to great places and small, but home to me always means Rochdale and its gradely folk."
Etymology
From earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, greiþli, greiðlic, from Old Norse greiðligr, equivalent to graith + -ly.
From earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, graydly, graitheli, graithlich, grathliche, graythelyche, from Old Norse greiðliga, equivalent to graith + -ly.
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