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
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
31 January 2025
(noun) the act of dispersing or diffusing something; “the dispersion of the troops”; “the diffusion of knowledge”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
