A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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(Graithly,) Gratlily, -lie, a. [ME. grathli, graythely, early greiðlic (c 1205). ON. greiðlig-r. In mod. north. Eng. dial. as gradely.] Careful, attentive. —a1500 Seven S. 566.
Tharto the herd tuke grathly kepe 15.. Clar. iii. 2091.
Clariodus … Beholding on hir in [maist] grathlie wayis, … saw it was … Meliades
