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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