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gainly
adjective
[ ˈɡeɪnli ]
• graceful and well-proportioned.
• "this is not a commodious alley, or a gainly street, but it has class"
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable, fitting’): from obsolete gain ‘straight’, from Old Norse gegn .