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goodly

[ goo d-lee ]

/ ˈgʊd li /

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adjective, good·li·er, good·li·est.

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

OTHER WORDS FROM goodly

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

Words nearby goodly

goodell's sign, goodhue, goodie, goodies, goodish, goodly, goodman, goodman, benny, goodness, goodness gracious, goodness knows

Example sentences from the Web for goodly

A goodly number seem to have been debating over Yair Lapid and someone else.

Voting By Process Of Elimination |Elisheva Goldberg |January 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
This breathes life into goodly intentions, particularly those aimed at helping small groups or community efforts.

What the Stars Hold for Your Week |Starsky + Cox |June 19, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Surely it was too goodly a residence that we should be so swiftly, so ruthlessly, evicted from it!

The Poison Belt |Arthur Conan Doyle
How goodly and how to be wished were such an obedient unanimity as this, what a fine conformity would it starch us all into!

Areopagitica |John Milton

They are devoted to each other, which is a goodly thing to see in these days.

The Sign Of The Red Cross |Evelyn Everett-Green
He rose and stretched himself, with solemn satisfaction, to the extent of his goodly proportions.

Cape Cod Folks |Sarah P. McLean Greene
They have furnished a goodly proportion of the patients on which quacks and charlatans have fattened.

Psychotherapy |James J. Walsh

British Dictionary definitions for goodly

goodly

/ (ˈɡʊdlɪ) /

adjective -lier or -liest

considerable a goodly amount of money

obsolete attractive, pleasing, or fine a goodly man

Derived forms of goodly

goodliness, noun