Gradely
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡɹeɪdlɪ/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Gradely is an adjective meaning (Northern England, of a person) decent, well-meaning, respectable.
Meaning
(Northern England, of a person) decent, well-meaning, respectable.
More Meanings
- excellent
- handsome, fair
- real, proper
- properly, really
- (UK, regional, obsolete) readily, speedily
Example Sentences
Yo're well off to ha' Betsy Ogden comin' in; she's a gradely worker.
This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?
My work has meant travelling the world over, to great places and small, but home to me always means Rochdale and its gradely folk.
Word Forms
- gradelier
- gradeliest
- grathely
- graadly
- graidly
- graidely
- graideley
- graithly
- grathly
- graithlie
- graithlye
- grathlie
- graythlie
- graythely
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include menseful, becoming, farantly, right-minded, honest, gentle.
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