gradely
/ˈɡɹeɪdlɪ/
gradely adjective: decent, well-meaning, respectable.
Adjective
gradely (comparative gradelier, superlative gradeliest)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- real, proper
Adverb
gradely (comparative more gradely, superlative most gradely)
gradely meaning in Urdu
gradely in Urdu
- درست, مناسب
Forms of gradely
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | gradelier |
| superlative | gradeliest |
| alternative form | grathely |
| alternative form | graadly |
| alternative form | greadly |
| alternative form | greadley |
| alternative form | graidly |
| alternative form | graidely |
| alternative form | graideley |
| alternative Scotland | graithly |
| alternative Scotland | grathly |
| alternative Scotland | graithlie |
| alternative Scotland | graithlye |
| alternative Scotland | grathlie |
| alternative Scotland | graythlie |
| alternative form (obsolete) | graythely |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more gradely |
| superlative | most gradely |
Origin of gradely
From earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, greiþli, greiðlic, from Old Norse greiðligr, equivalent to graith + -ly.
From earlier graithly, from Middle English graythely, graydly, graitheli, graithlich, grathliche, graythelyche, from Old Norse greiðliga, equivalent to graith + -ly.
Questions about gradely
- What does gradely mean?
- Gradely means decent, well-meaning, respectable.
- What is gradely in Urdu?
- Gradely in Urdu is درست, مناسب. See Gradely meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is gradely?
- Gradely can be an adjective or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce gradely?
- Gradely is pronounced /ˈɡɹeɪdlɪ/.
Words near gradely in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gradely (page history and authors); gradely (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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