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Podcast: Word of the Day
Episode: Gradely
Description: Gradely is an adjective that means decent and orderly.
Our word of the day comes from Middle English and when used as an adjective it is a synonym of words like worthy and upstanding. It can also be used as an adverb that means the same as properly and suitably. Here’s an example of gradely used as an adjective:
The Prince’s gradely demeanor made him a favorite of the court. But, as we soon saw, upstanding behavior alone does not make for a successful king.