gradely
English
editAlternative forms
edit- grathely, graadly, greadly, greadley, graidly, graidely, graideley
- graithly, grathly, graithlie, graithlye, grathlie, graythlie (Scotland)
- graithly, grathly, graythely (obsolete)
Pronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, greiþli, greiðlic, from Old Norse greiðligr,[1] equivalent to graith + -ly.
Adjective
editgradely (comparative gradelier, superlative gradeliest)
- (Northern England, of a person) decent, well-meaning, respectable
- 1956, Gracie Fields, Lancashire Life:
- My work has meant travelling the world over, to great places and small, but home to me always means Rochdale and its gradely folk.
- excellent
- 1881, Elizabeth Sophia Watson, Crabtree Fold: A Tale of the Lancashire Moors, page 53:
- Yo're well off to ha' Betsy Ogden comin' in; she's a gradely worker.
- handsome, fair
- 1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, page 13:
- This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?
- real, proper
Etymology 2
editFrom earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, graydly, graitheli, graithlich, grathliche, graythelyche, from Old Norse greiðliga,[2] equivalent to graith + -ly.
Adverb
editgradely (comparative more gradely, superlative most gradely)
References
edit- ^ “gradely”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “gradely”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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