a. [ OE, grisly, grislich, AS. grislic, gryslic, fr. gr&unr_;san to shudder; cf. OD. grijselick horrible, OHG. grisenl?ch, and also AS. gre?san to frighten, and E. gruesome. ] Frightful; horrible; dreadful; harsh;
A man of grisly and stern gravity. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]
Grisly bear. (Zool.)