H. EASTWOOD.

Ecclesfield.

_Gradely._--This word is not only used in Yorkshire, but also very much in

Lancashire, and the rest of the north of England. I have always understood

it to mean "good," "jolly," "out and out." Its primary meaning is "orderly,

decently." (See Richardson's _Dictionary_.) The French have _grade_; It.

and Sp., _grado_; Lat. _gradus_.

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