gleg adjective & adverb.
[glɛg] Scot. &
north. ME.[Old Norse gleggr, glǫggr clear, clear-sighted, corresp. to Old English glēaw wise, clever, Old Saxon, Old High German glau clever, from Germanic base of Gothic glaggwuba (adverb) accurately.]A. adjective.
1. Quick or sharp in perception by any of the senses, esp. by sight. Chiefly in
gleg of the eye, sharp-eyed.
ME.b. Of the eye, a blade, etc.: sharp, keen.
E18.2. Quick or clever
at (doing) something; nimble; alert.
M18.3. Lively, cheery, happy.
E19.b. adverb. =
glegly.
E18. ■ glegly adverb quickly, cleverly, readily; brightly, clearly:
M18. ■ glegness noun M19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲