_Gradely._--In Webster's and also in Richardson's _Dictionaries_ it is
defined, "orderly, decently." It is a word in common use in Lancashire and
Yorkshire, and also Cheshire. A farmer will tell his men to do a thing
gradely, that is, "properly, well."

G.W.N.

_Gradely._--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._

S.N.

_Gradely._--Holloway[3] derives _gradely_ from the Anglo-Saxon _Grade_, a
step, order, and defines its meaning, "decently." He, however, fixes its
paternity in the neighbouring county of York.

In Collier's edition of _Tim Bobbin_ it is spelt _greadly_, and means
"well, right, handsomely."

"I connaw tell the _greadly_, boh I think its to tell fok by."--p. 42.

"So I seete on restut meh, on drank meh pint o ele; boh as I'r naw
_greadly_ sleekt, I cawd for another," &c.--p. 45.

"For if sitch things must be done _greadly_ on os teh aught to bee,"
&c.--p. 59.