E.H.

_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."

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