gey

[ gey ]

adverb
  1. Scot. considerably; very.

Origin of gey

1
First recorded in 1805–15; variant of gay

Words Nearby gey

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How to use gey in a sentence

  • "We did gey well," he resumed in his even monotone, like a man who was repeating something he had learned by heart.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • So it was, that for a' the money we made we've been gey little the better o't, an' very much the worse o' it.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • "You've surely been gey hard ca'd wherever you hae been," and there was a note of curiosity in her voice.

    The Underworld | James C. Welsh
  • Wi' a' that he had upon his mind, it was gey and unlikely Mr. Soulis wad get muckle sleep.

  • His mother used to say of him that he was "gey ill to live with," and Miss Welsh whom he married had a fiery temper.

British Dictionary definitions for gey

gey

/ (ɡaɪ, Scottish ɡəɪ) /


adverb
  1. Scot and Northumbrian dialect (intensifier): it's gey cold

Origin of gey

1
variant of gay

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