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griesly

griesly is the obsolete form of grisly.

Meaning of grisly

Adjective

grisly (comparative grislier, superlative grisliest)

  1. Horrifyingly repellent; gruesome, terrifying.
    • The photographs of the killings depict a grisly scene.

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Forms of griesly

comparativemore griesly
superlativemost griesly

Questions about griesly

What is griesly the obsolete form of?
Griesly is the obsolete form of grisly.

Words near griesly in the dictionary

  1. Griesers
  2. Grieses
  3. Grieshaber
  4. Grieshabers
  5. Griesheim
  6. griesly
  7. Griess
  8. Griess test
  9. Griess tests
  10. Griesses
  11. Griest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: griesly (page history and authors); grisly (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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