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Definition of Gainly
1. Adjective. Graceful and pleasing. "A gainly youth with dark hair and eyes"
Definition of Gainly
1. adv. Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously.
Definition of Gainly
1. Adjective. Graceful; handsome. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gainly
1. graceful [adj -LIER, -LIEST] - See also: graceful
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gainly
Literary usage of Gainly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"Well formed and agile; handsome: as, a gainly lad. [Rare, but common in the
negative form ungainly.] He glent vpon syr Gawen, ..."
2. The British Essayists;: With Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1808)
"I was the other day walking with Jack gainly towards Lincoln's-inn walks: ...
When I think of Jack gainly, I cannot but reflect also upon his sister Gatty. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"gainly and ungainly are not exactly synonymous in Scottish parlance with the English
... gainly is nearly obsolete in England; and ungainly merely signifies ..."
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