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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

... if we cared to have it so. And Paradise was full of pleasant shades and fruitful avenues. Well: what hinders us from covering as much of the world as we like with pleasant shade, and pure blossom, and goodly fruit? Who forbids its valleys to be covered over with corn till they laugh and sing? Who prevents its dark forests, ghostly and uninhabitable, from being changed into infinite orchards, wreathing ...

— Selections From the Works of John Ruskin • John Ruskin

... rising trout, He straightway is caught up, And then he takes his flasket out, And drinks a rousing cup. Or if a trout he chance to hook, Weeded and broke is he, And then be finds a goodly book Instructive company. ...

— Angling Sketches • Andrew Lang

... the General, "but it is no use your trying to get round me in that way to pardon your burgesses, for I can no more turn from my word than you can empty this goodly flagon at ...

— Jethou - or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles • E. R. Suffling

... A goodly collection of Gypsies you will find in that little nook, crowded with caravans. Most of them are Tatchey Romany, real Gypsies, "long-established people, of the old order." Amongst them are Ratzie-mescroes, ...

— Romano Lavo-Lil - Title: Romany Dictionary - Title: Gypsy Dictionary • George Borrow

... and take your seat here, between Armado and Quisada: for in true courtesy, in gravity, in fantastic smiling to thyself, in courteous smiling upon others, in the goodly ornature of well-apparelled speech, and the commendation of wise sentences, thou art nothing inferior to those accomplished Dons of Spain. The spirit of chivalry forsake me for ever, when I forget thy singing the song of Macheath, which declares that ...

— The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, Volume 2 • Charles Lamb

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