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gradely
/ ˈɡreɪdlɪ /
adjective
- dialect.fine; excellent
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Word History and Origins
Origin of gradely1
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Example Sentences
Nay; I was but thinkin' that Mr. Moore's Bob'll look gradely writ under yon.
And in the Dale the unanimous opinion was that the young couple would make "a gradely pair, surely."
Sweet peas is gettin' on gradely, and Fair Maids o' France, just ready for the fair maids who buy 'em!
But I couldn't lick him gradely because th' landlord come in and stopped us; so after a while I went hooum.
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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