Gris"ly (?), a. [OE,
grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr&?;san to shudder;
cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS.
gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome.]
Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh; as, grisly locks; a grisly specter. "Grisly to behold." Chaucer.
A man of grisly and stern gravity.
Robynson (More's Utopia). Grisly
bear. (Zoöl.)
See under Grizzly.
Hear it pronounced