gradely

British  

/ ˈɡreɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. dialect fine; excellent

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Etymology

Origin of gradely

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

Example Sentences

I’m gradely sorry too; but you mustn’t lose heart, man: the Lord’ll bring him back again; he’s a good lad.”

From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.

And now you’ll want your tea, and then we must all have a gradely talk when childers in bed.”

From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Wilson, Theodore P.

In English, ready, read, rule, right, riddle, reason, rather, to which we must add gradely.

From Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George

But they're mostly a gradely lot of chaps.

From The World Peril of 1910 by Griffith, George Chetwynd

Its first syllable, grade, is both a substantive and an adjective; and gradely itself both adjective and adverb, as weakly, sickly, godly, &c.

From Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George