gradely

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1. Northern Englanddecent, 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. real, proper

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1. properly, really
2. UKobsoleteregionalreadily, speedily