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gradely

/ ˈɡreɪdlɪ /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    fine; excellent
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gradely1

C13 greithlic, greithli, from Old Norse greidhligr, from greidhr ready
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Example Sentences

Nay; I was but thinkin' that Mr. Moore's Bob'll look gradely writ under yon.

And in the Dale the unanimous opinion was that the young couple would make "a gradely pair, surely."

Sweet peas is gettin' on gradely, and Fair Maids o' France, just ready for the fair maids who buy 'em!

But I couldn't lick him gradely because th' landlord come in and stopped us; so after a while I went hooum.

One old woman over eighty came all the way from Castlesteads to see her last of "the gradely leddy," as she called her.

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