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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Examples
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A farmer will tell his men to do a thing gradely, that is, "properly, well."
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I'm a gradely total abstainer, and mean to be all the days of my life, please
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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But eh, Betty, you've growed yourself into a gradely woman.
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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"Ay, sir," said the boy thankfully, "I'll go with you, for I'm sure you speak gradely."
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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"Oh, is that it!" cried Jacob, greatly relieved; "then I can manage it gradely, I haven't a doubt."
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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You've done me a good turn, and I know you're gradely.
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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I remember once hearing it used in Yorkshire by a man, who, speaking of a neighbour recently dead, said in a tone which implied esteem: "Aye, he was a very _gradely_ fellow."
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"And if," added Jacob, "I can't find them as I'm seeking, nor hear anything gradely about 'em, I'll just come back and settle me down content."
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
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Now, Ah do call to mind there be a track to left, some way down t 'ro'd, as'll take' ee gentle and pleasant 'tween two gradely hummocks down into Harthborough.
Ambrotox and Limping Dick Oliver Fleming
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"God bless you," said Johnson, squeezing Ned's hand hard; "you're a gradely comforter."
Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson
gangerh commented on the word gradely
Very good.
April 24, 2008