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adjective

Goodly adj. (compar. goodlier; superl. goodliest)

Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. "We have many goodly days to see."

Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses. "The goodliest man of men since born."

Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. "Goodly and great he sails behind his link."

adverb

Goodly adv. Excellently. (Obs.)

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Etymology of 'Goodly'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Goodly" Quotes from Famous Books

... say, at Abbotsford, at the sight of the stately Tweed rolling his silvery flood past lawns and shrubberies, to think of that kindly, brave, and honourable heart, and his passionate love of all the goodly and cheerful joys of ...

— At Large • Arthur Christopher Benson

... curiously, pausing with her toast in mid-air (they are at breakfast), and with her lovely eyes twice their usual goodly size. Her lips, too, are apart; but whether in anticipation of the news or of the toast, it would be difficult to decide. "Is any ...

— Molly Bawn • Margaret Wolfe Hamilton

... a moment on the picture; when they met my own again they were full of tears)—"the result may be less than this; but still it may be good, it may be great!" he cried with vehemence. "It may hang somewhere, in after years, in goodly company, and keep the artist's memory warm. Think of being known to mankind after some such fashion as this! of hanging here through the slow centuries in the gaze of an altered world; living on ...

— The Madonna of the Future • Henry James

... meant anything to him, perhaps it meant little to the writers. As for the temple, he found it "a den of thieves" (Luke 19:46); and he prophesied that it would be demolished, and of all its splendid buildings, its goodly stones and votive offerings, which so much impressed his disciples, not one stone would be left upon another stone (Mark 13:9; Luke 21:5). But the traditions of Jerusalem wakened thoughts in him of the story of his people, thoughts with a tragic colour. Jerusalem was ...

— The Jesus of History • T. R. Glover

... love-sick! Ha, ha, ha! Love-sick? He, love-sick? 'Tis a goodly jest! The CONfirm'd misogyn a ladies' man! Thou must have eaten of some strange red herb That takes the reason captive. I will swear Savonarola never yet hath seen A woman but he spurn'd her. ...

— Seven Men • Max Beerbohm

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