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单词 gradely
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gradelyadj.

/ˈɡreɪdli/
Forms: Also †graithly. Forms: α. Middle English græi[þ]lich, greiðlic, Middle English grathly, graythely, greiþli, 1800s dialect grathely. β. dialect1700s greidly, 1700s–1800s greadl(e)y, 1800s graadly, graid(e)l(e)y, gradely.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse greiðlig-r.
Etymology: Middle English greiðlic , < Old Norse greiðlig-r, < greið-r graith adj. + -lig-r -ly suffix1.
Now only dialect.
1. Of persons, their actions and attributes.
a. in early use, with somewhat uncertain meaning: ? Ready, prompt. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adjective] > ready or prompt
radeOE
rekenOE
ratheOE
freshc1175
gradelyc1275
quickc1300
freea1393
readya1425
promptc1425
forward1523
forwards1598
cheerful1600
alacritous1821
up to ——1849
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 5006 Bruttes heo gretten mid græilichen [read græiðlichen] worden.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 224 Þene king he grette mid greiðlicre [c1300 Otho griþliche] speche.
c1390 (?c1350) Joseph of Arimathie (1871) l. 88 Heo grauntede þenne to ben at his grace; And sone aftur þat gretnede þat greiþli Mayde.
b. in modern dialectal use, a general term of commendation; chiefly with reference to character: Decent, respectable, worthy; occasionally of a girl, comely, good-looking. Also, ‘regular’, thorough.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > [adjective] > seemly or proper
seemly?c1225
comelya1350
seemc1400
ablea1500
setting1535
decent1545
civil1582
proper1738
gradely1763
decorous1792
nice1799
correctc1800
proprietous1815
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] > respectable
substantious1490
proper1600
creditable1624
decent1712
respectable1750
gradely1763
pukka1776
nice1799
salonfähig1905
quite1907
resp1922
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 42 Yed's as greadly o Lad as needs t' knep oth' Hem of a Keke.
1781 J. Hutton Tour to Caves (ed. 2) Gloss. Greidly, well-meaning, or any thing good in its kind.
1790 A. Wheeler Westmorland Dial. (1821) 48 Hees rackend a varra graadly man.
1840 S. Bamford Passages Life Radical I. xiii. 84 Yore a graidley felley for owt 'at I kno' to th' contrary.
1866 E. Waugh Home Life Factory Folk xi. 105 Thoose hens..rooten abeawt th' heawse just th' same as greadley Christians.
1877 F. H. Burnett That Lass o' Lowrie's (1887) 31 He's a graidely foo', he is.
c. predicatively (cf. the adv.). Well in health.
ΚΠ
1851 C. Brontë Let. in C. B. & her Circle (1896) 312 Her beloved papa and mama..are living and ‘gradely’.
1865 Laycock Mi Gronfeyther in Harland Lanc. Lyrics 192 He never wur gradely no moor.
1877 F. H. Burnett That Lass o' Lowrie's (1887) 170 I'm feelin' a trifle graidelier than I ha' done..Things is lookin up.
2. Of things:
a. Excellent, suitable, handsome.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [adjective]
faireOE
bremea1000
goodlyOE
goodfulc1275
noblec1300
pricec1300
specialc1325
gentlec1330
fine?c1335
singulara1340
thrivena1350
thriven and throa1350
gaya1375
properc1380
before-passinga1382
daintiful1393
principala1398
gradelya1400
burlyc1400
daintyc1400
thrivingc1400
voundec1400
virtuousc1425
hathelc1440
curiousc1475
singlerc1500
beautiful1502
rare?a1534
gallant1539
eximious1547
jolly1548
egregious?c1550
jellyc1560
goodlike1562
brawc1565
of worth1576
brave?1577
surprising1580
finger-licking1584
admirablea1586
excellinga1586
ambrosial1598
sublimated1603
excellent1604
valiant1604
fabulous1609
pure1609
starryc1610
topgallant1613
lovely1614
soaringa1616
twanging1616
preclarent1623
primea1637
prestantious1638
splendid1644
sterling1647
licking1648
spankinga1666
rattling1690
tearing1693
famous1695
capital1713
yrare1737
pure and —1742
daisy1757
immense1762
elegant1764
super-extra1774
trimming1778
grand1781
gallows1789
budgeree1793
crack1793
dandy1794
first rate1799
smick-smack1802
severe1805
neat1806
swell1810
stamming1814
divine1818
great1818
slap-up1823
slapping1825
high-grade1826
supernacular1828
heavenly1831
jam-up1832
slick1833
rip-roaring1834
boss1836
lummy1838
flash1840
slap1840
tall1840
high-graded1841
awful1843
way up1843
exalting1844
hot1845
ripsnorting1846
clipping1848
stupendous1848
stunning1849
raving1850
shrewd1851
jammy1853
slashing1854
rip-staving1856
ripping1858
screaming1859
up to dick1863
nifty1865
premier cru1866
slap-bang1866
clinking1868
marvellous1868
rorty1868
terrific1871
spiffing1872
all wool and a yard wide1882
gorgeous1883
nailing1883
stellar1883
gaudy1884
fizzing1885
réussi1885
ding-dong1887
jim-dandy1888
extra-special1889
yum-yum1890
out of sight1891
outasight1893
smooth1893
corking1895
large1895
super1895
hot dog1896
to die for1898
yummy1899
deevy1900
peachy1900
hi1901
v.g.1901
v.h.c.1901
divvy1903
doozy1903
game ball1905
goodo1905
bosker1906
crackerjack1910
smashinga1911
jake1914
keen1914
posh1914
bobby-dazzling1915
juicy1916
pie on1916
jakeloo1919
snodger1919
whizz-bang1920
wicked1920
four-star1921
wow1921
Rolls-Royce1922
whizz-bang1922
wizard1922
barry1923
nummy1923
ripe1923
shrieking1926
crazy1927
righteous1930
marvy1932
cool1933
plenty1933
brahmaa1935
smoking1934
solid1935
mellow1936
groovy1937
tough1937
bottler1938
fantastic1938
readyc1938
ridge1938
super-duper1938
extraordinaire1940
rumpty1940
sharp1940
dodger1941
grouse1941
perfecto1941
pipperoo1945
real gone1946
bosting1947
supersonic1947
whizzo1948
neato1951
peachy-keen1951
ridgey-dite1953
ridgy-didge1953
top1953
whizzing1953
badass1955
wild1955
belting1956
magic1956
bitching1957
swinging1958
ridiculous1959
a treat1959
fab1961
bad-assed1962
uptight1962
diggish1963
cracker1964
marv1964
radical1964
bakgat1965
unreal1965
pearly1966
together1968
safe1970
bad1971
brilliant1971
fabby1971
schmick1972
butt-kicking1973
ripper1973
Tiffany1973
bodacious1976
rad1976
kif1978
awesome1979
death1979
killer1979
fly1980
shiok1980
stonking1980
brill1981
dope1981
to die1982
mint1982
epic1983
kicking1983
fabbo1984
mega1985
ill1986
posho1989
pukka1991
lovely jubbly1992
awesomesauce2001
nang2002
bess2006
amazeballs2009
boasty2009
daebak2009
beaut2013
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 18409 Hu come þe sa grathli [Gött. graithli] gode þat þou on schuldre bers þe rode?
?a1400 Morte Arth. 187 Gumbaldes graythely, fulle gracious to taste.
1863 C. Kingsley Water-babies i. 12 This is a hard road for a gradely foot like that.
1865 Hard Times in Harland Lanc. Lyrics 305 Th'art nooan so feaw, yet, wench, if thae'd gradely clooas to wear.
1877 F. H. Burnett That Lass o' Lowrie's (1887) 189 It's the graideliest book tha ivver seed.
b. in modern dialect use: Real, proper.
ΚΠ
18.. Three Dial. by Toddle 19 My gradely name is Harry Shareall.
1865 E. Waugh Lancs. Songs 9 But aw've no gradely comfort, my lass, Except wi' yon childer and thee.
1865 Ramsbottom Gooin' to Schoo' in Harland Lanc. Lyrics 302 A gradely plague it's bin to me—It's been a gradely blessin' too.

Derivatives

ˈgradeliness n. Obsolete
ΚΠ
c1450 (?c1425) St. Elizabeth of Spalbeck in Anglia (1885) 8 115 Wiþ fulle deuoute sighynges and goostly greydlynes..abidynge mekely þe comynge of hir sauyoure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

gradelyadv.

/ˈɡreɪdli/
Forms: Also †graithly. Forms: α. Middle English graitli, grayþ(e)ly, Middle English grayth(e)ly, Middle English–1500s grath(e)ly, 1600s dialect greathly, (Middle English gra(i)þeli, graith(e)li, grathli, grayþliche, graytli, graytly, gre(i)þli, greythly, 1500s Scottish graithlie). β. Middle English graideli, Middle English graidly, greidly, 1700s–1800s greadly, 1800s gradeley, graidely, 1500s– gradely.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse greiðliga.
Etymology: Middle English grayþly , graydely , < Old Norse greiðliga, < greið-r graith adj.
Now only dialect.
1. Promptly, readily. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > willingness > [adverb] > readily or promptly
rifea1275
fastlyc1275
gradelya1300
rada1325
readya1325
wellc1325
readilyc1330
fast1477
with a wet finger1542
forwardly1552
like one o'clock1847
up1870
like a shot1885
a1300 Cursor Mundi 741 Graitli taght he him þe gin How he suld at þe wif be-gin.
a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 84 But ȝe graunt him ȝour grace, him greiþli to help..his liif nel nouȝt for langour last til to-morwe.
c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness l. 341 Ful grayþely gotz þis god man & dos godez hestes.
c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3208 Graithly hit he tham ogayn.
1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aiiv Grant me lord on yone gait graithly to gay.
2. Carefully, exactly; properly; quite, really; well.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with careful exactness
gradely1340
just1417
featlya1450
accurately1581
severely1600
rigidly1610
cleanly1883
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adverb] > deservedly
righteouslya1382
worthilyc1405
condignlyc1450
meritorilyc1503
gradely?1521
deservedly1548
deservingly1552
deservably1593
desertfully1601
meritoriously1607
meritedly1638
justly1849
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adverb]
wellOE
well-a-finec1330
tidily1340
substantiallyc1449
gradely1584
rumly1610
soa1616
respectably1619
bobbishly1813
ryebuck1895
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > high or intense degree > [adverb] > very
tooc888
swith971
wellOE
wellOE
fullOE
rightc1175
muchc1225
wellac1275
gainlya1375
endlyc1440
hard?1440
very1448
odda1500
great1535
jolly1549
fellc1600
veryvery1649
gooda1655
vastly1664
strange1667
bloody1676
ever so1686
heartily1727
real1771
precious1775
quarely1805
murry1818
très1819
freely1820
powerfula1822
gurt1824
almighty1830
heap1832
all-fired1833
gradely1850
real1856
bonny1857
heavens1858
veddy1859
canny1867
some1867
oh-so1881
storming1883
spanking1886
socking1896
hefty1898
velly1898
fair dinkum1904
plurry1907
Pygmalion1914
dinkum1915
beaucoup1918
dirty1920
molto1923
snorting1924
honking1929
hellishing1931
thumpingly1948
way1965
mega1966
mondo1968
seriously1970
totally1972
mucho1978
stonking1990
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 645 Behalde..graythely and loke.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xxi. 324 Hit is nat greythly getyn, ther gyle is þe rote.
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xv. 70 Þe whilk..descryued me þe maners of oþer cuntrees..graythely and..verraily.
a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1994) I. xv. 182 Tent thou to that page grathly.
?1521 A. Barclay Bk. Codrus & Mynalcas sig. Bv If thou haue all these, thou mayst grathly carpe.
1584 King James VI & I Ess. Prentise Poesie sig. B Let Readers think they fele the burning heat, And graithly see the earth [etc.].
1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 313 Quhais schaddowes in the river schew, Als graithlie glansing as they grewe.
1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Greathly, handsomely, towardly.
1763 ‘T. Bobbin’ Toy-shop (new ed.) 30 I cannaw tell thee greadly.
1850 Notes & Queries 1st Ser. 2 334/2 Most frequently it is precisely equivalent to ‘very’, as in the expression a gradely fine day.
1865 R. R. Bealey My Johnny in Harland Lanc. Lyrics 89 Aw dunnot like to think o' that, An' yet it's gradely true.
1865 E. Waugh Lancs. Songs 70 For when hoo's gradely donned, hoo'll look As grand as th' queen o' Shayba.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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