ˈgrauly, a. rare—1.
[Meant for an equivalent of G. gräulich.]
Grisly, causing a shudder.
| 1848 Lytton K. Arthur x. v, In many a grauly flock..the she-bears sprawling play'd. Ibid., foot-note. Grauly and grausame are both adjectives which belong to the Saxon element of the language and are fairly reclaimed from the German. The Scotch indeed have preserved the first. |