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gradelier

gradelier is the comparative form of gradely.

Meaning of gradely

Adjective

gradely (comparative gradelier, superlative gradeliest)

  1. (Northern England) 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.1956, Gracie Fields, Lancashire Life
  2. excellent
    • Yo're well off to ha' Betsy Ogden comin' in; she's a gradely worker.1881, Elizabeth Sophia Watson, Crabtree Fold: A Tale of the Lancashire Moors, page 53
  3. handsome, fair
    • This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that. Will ye up, lass, and ride behind me?1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water-Babies, A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby, page 13
  4. real, proper

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Questions about gradelier

What is gradelier the comparative form of?
Gradelier is the comparative form of gradely.

Words near gradelier in the dictionary

  1. graded on a curve
  2. gradee
  3. gradees
  4. gradeless
  5. gradelessness
  6. gradelier
  7. gradeliest
  8. gradeline
  9. gradelines
  10. gradely
  11. Graden

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