goodly

[ goo d-lee ]

/ ˈgʊd li /

of good or substantial size, amount, etc.: a goodly sum.

of good or fine appearance.

Archaic. of a good quality: a goodly gift.

Origin of goodly

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gōdlīc. See good, -ly

good·li·ness, noun un·good·ly, adjective, adverb

Boys could not fail to admire the strength and goodliness of men displayed in the comeliness of perfected development.

A Problem in Greek Ethics |John Addington Symonds
When Autolycus entered the symposium of Xenophon, all tongues were stricken dumb; man gazed at man in wonder at his goodliness.

Studies of the Greek Poets (Vol II of 2) |John Addington Symonds
The earth belongeth to Lorraine, and the goodliness thereof.

The White Plumes of Navarre |Samuel Rutherford Crockett
What solemn testimony was before me, that "all flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof as the flower of the field."

Gleanings by the Way |John A. Clark

It was a home amid the goodliness and the godliness of nature.

Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) |William Howitt

goodly

/ (ˈɡʊdlɪ) /

considerable a goodly amount of money

obsolete attractive, pleasing, or fine a goodly man

goodliness, noun