gradely

/ ˈɡreɪdlɪ /

adjective

1. dialect,  fine; excellent

Word History and Origins

Origin of gradely¹

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

Example Sentences

Gradely is a Nigerian technology startup founded in August 2019.

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"Gradely has been highlighted during the pandemic. People now come to find us and there's been a huge spike in demand, but it's also put us in a place where we need to show and prove the power of technology," says Boye Oshinaga, founder and chief executive of Gradely.

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"Gradely had a wider base where they test the child, identify areas where we need help and focus on those areas," she says.

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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."

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

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