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.

But eh, Betty, you’ve growed yourself into a gradely woman.

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

He wore a blue gausey with a diamond woven across the breast, touched the peak of his dirty old petty-officer's cap constantly, and told folk it was "a gradely morning for fishing."

From Mushroom Town by Onions, Oliver

One old woman over eighty came all the way from Castlesteads to see her last of "the gradely leddy," as she called her.

From Heriot's Choice A Tale by Carey, Rosa Nouchette

I were reading in John to our Sammul t’other day about Jacob’s well—that were gradely drink; it were nothing but good spring wayter.

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