gradely
Britishadjective
Etymology
Origin of gradely
C13 greithlic, greithli, from Old Norse greidhligr, from greidhr ready
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“He’s in a gradely bad temper,” said the lad doubtfully.
From Lorimer of the Northwest by Alfred James Dewey
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 Rosa Nouchette Carey
And now you’ll want your tea, and then we must all have a gradely talk when childers in bed.”
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Theodore P. Wilson
But eh, Betty, you’ve growed yourself into a gradely woman.
From Frank Oldfield Lost and Found by Theodore P. Wilson
But they're mostly a gradely lot of chaps.
From The World Peril of 1910 by George Chetwynd Griffith
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