Definition of Graithly

1. gradely [adj] - See also: gradely

Lexicographical Neighbors of Graithly

grainings
grainland
grainlands
grainless
grainlike
grains of paradise
grainy
grainy club
grainy club mushrooms
graip
graips
graith
graithed
graithing
graithly (current term)
graiths
grakle
grakles
grallae
grallatores
grallatorial
grallatory
grallic
gralline
gralloch
gralloched
gralloching
grallochs
gram

Literary usage of Graithly

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"... in mining, to collect one's tools ; throw up one's employment and leave the mine. graithly ... gradely; < ME. graithly, ..."

2. The Vision of William Concerning Piers Plowman: Together with Vita de Dowel by William Langland, Walter William Skeat (1884)
"See graithly. Gre, e. degree, 6. 67 n. (Short for degré.) Grèce, grease, b. 13. ... 305. Grei(;liche, adv. readily, quickly, 8. 296, 12. 139. See graithly ..."

3. A Glossary of Words Used in Swaledale, Yorkshire by John Harland (1876)
"graithly, adj. tidily. ... vary graithly,' done in very good order. Grand. ' Here's a grand day,' very fine weather. ..."

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