gey — English Dictionary

Adverb

1. Very.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • Northern-England
   • Scotland
   • not-comparable

   Examples

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   I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light.

   But I'll put a gold chain around his neck, An' a gey good chain it'll be.

Adjective

1. Fairly good; considerable.

   Usage

   • Ireland
   • Northern-England
   • Scotland

   Examples

   They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry.