Webster's 1913 Dictionary
GRADELY
Grade "ly, a. Etym: [Cf. AS. grad grade, step, order, fr. L. gradus. See Grade. ]
Defn: Decent; orderly. [Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. -- adv.
Defn: Decently; in order. [Prov. Eng. ]
New American Oxford Dictionary
gradely
grade ¦ly |ˈgreɪdli | ▶adjective N. English fine, decent, or respectable: she were a gradely lass. ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘excellent, noble ’): from Old Norse greithligr, from greithr ‘ready ’.
Oxford Dictionary
gradely
grade ¦ly |ˈgreɪdli | ▶adjective N. English fine, decent, or respectable: she were a gradely lass. ORIGIN Middle English (originally in the sense ‘excellent, noble ’): from Old Norse greithligr, from greithr ‘ready ’.
Duden Dictionary
Gradel
Gra del Substantiv, maskulin süddeutsch, österreichisch , der Gradl |Gr a del |1 besonders für Arbeitskleidung, Säcke o. Ä. verwendetes festes Gewebe aus Leinen und Wolle mit eingewebtem [Fischgrät ]muster 2 Kies, grober Sand
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