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.