Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
GRADELY
Etymology
Adjective
gradely (comparative gradelier, superlative gradeliest)
(Northern England) of a person; decent, well-meaning, respectable
• Gracie Fields: "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
handsome, fair
real, proper
Adverb
gradely (comparative more gradely, superlative most gradely)
properly, really
Source: Wiktionary
Grade"ly, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. grad grade, step, order, fr. L. gradus. See Grade.]
Definition: Decent; orderly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
– adv.
Definition: Decently; in order. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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