Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as graithly.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Prov. Eng. Decent; orderly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Northern England of a person; decent, well-meaning, respectable
  • adjective excellent
  • adjective handsome, fair
  • adjective real, proper
  • adverb properly, really

Etymologies

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From Middle English greiþli, from Old Norse greiðliga.

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  • Very good.

    April 24, 2008