gey

[ gey ]

adverb

1. Scot. considerably; very.

gey

/ ɡaɪ; ɡəɪ /

adverb

1. dialect.
   (intensifier)

   it's gey cold

Word History and Origins

Origin of gey¹

First recorded in 1805–15; variant of gay

Word History and Origins

Origin of gey¹

variant of gay

Example Sentences

"We did gey well," he resumed in his even monotone, like a man who was repeating something he had learned by heart.

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So it was, that for a' the money we made we've been gey little the better o't, an' very much the worse o' it.

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"You've surely been gey hard ca'd wherever you hae been," and there was a note of curiosity in her voice.

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Wi' a' that he had upon his mind, it was gey and unlikely Mr. Soulis wad get muckle sleep.

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His mother used to say of him that he was "gey ill to live with," and Miss Welsh whom he married had a fiery temper.

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