gey adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •(Ireland, Scotland) Fairly good; considerable.They were married next New Year's Day, and Ellison had begun to think himself a gey man in Kinraddie, and maybe one of the gentry. — 1932 adverb1 •(Ireland, Scotland) Very.I am nae believer in auld wives' stories about ghaists, though this is gey like a place for them - But mortal, or of the other world, here they come! - twa men and a light. — 1816 formsgeyer · geyest