English
gainliness
From gainly + -ness.
A compound of gainly + -ness
Proto-Germanic *gagin ‘towards, in the direction of’
Old Norse gegn
Middle English gayn ‘direct, fast, good, helpful’
Middle English gaynly ‘hastily, imminently’
English gainly
Today it means
noun The condition of being gainly.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gainliness