braw

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   in Scots, fine, excellent, handsome, or pleasing

   It was a braw morning for walking along the coast.

2. 2
   adj

   in Scots, showy, splendidly dressed, or brightly adorned

   The dancers looked braw in their embroidered festival clothes.

3. 3
   adv

   in Scots, very or thoroughly, especially in the construction braw and followed by an adjective or adverb

   They arrived braw and early, an hour before sunrise.

A Scots and northern English variant of brave, borrowed ultimately through French. Its earlier senses of splendid dress and impressive appearance broadened to "fine" or "excellent," and it also developed an intensifying adverbial use.

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