gradely

adjective /ˈɡɹeɪdlɪ/

1. decent, well-meaning, respectable

   My work has meant travelling the world over, to great places and small, but home to me always means Rochdale and its gradely folk.

2. excellent

   Yo're well off to ha' Betsy Ogden comin' in; she's a gradely worker.

3. handsome, fair

   This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?

4. real, proper

Where it comes from

From earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, greiþli, greiðlic, from Old Norse greiðligr, equivalent to graith + -ly.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry gradely (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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