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REPLY1850

GRADELY

By S. N.

In Carr's *Craven Dialect* appears "*Gradely*, decently." It is also used as an adjective, "decent, worthy, respectable." 2. Tolerably well, "How isto?" "*Gradely.*" Fr. *Gré*, "satisfaction"; *à mon gré.*

Topics: Dialect, Language