Goodly
['gʊdlɪ]
Definition
(adj.) large in amount or extent or degree; 'it cost a considerable amount'; 'a goodly amount'; 'received a hefty bonus'; 'a respectable sum'; 'a tidy sum of money'; 'a sizable fortune' .
Typist: Weldon--From WordNet
Definition
(adv.) Excellently.
(superl.) Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
(superl.) Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.
(superl.) Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.
Editor: Xenia
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Beautiful, graceful, comely, good-looking.[2]. Pleasant, happy, agreeable, desirable.[3]. Considerable, pretty large.
Editor: Susanna
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Pleasant, desirable, excellent, fair, {[coMc'y]?}, considerable, graceful,fine
ANT:Unpleasant, undesirable, uncomely, inconsiderable
Edited by Greg
Examples
- They are dead and gone to Heaven; They are dead and gone to Heaven; 'Rived in the goodly land. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We may well say that 'our lot is cast in a goodly heritage. Jane Austen. Emma.
- That they were of goodly proportions I guessed from the fact that the eyes were on a level with my own. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Beth was there, laying the snowy piles smoothly on the shelves and exulting over the goodly array. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- I would not for my cowl that they found us in this goodly exercise. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I believe in that goodly mansion, his heart, he kept one little place under the sky-lights where Lucy might have entertainment, if she chose to call. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The receiver in the cause has acquired a goodly sum of money by it but has acquired too a distrust of his own mother and a contempt for his own kind. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Gone to the goodly land. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Dinner over, we produced a bundle of pens, a copious supply of ink, and a goodly show of writing and blotting paper. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Even lozenges and pastilles are not free from fraud, but have a goodly proportion of narcotics, containing in some cases chloroform, morphine, and ether. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There is many a goodly herd in these forests, and a buck will never be missed that goes to the use of Saint Dunstan's chaplain. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- They were a goodly company, and the Innkeepers all but worshipped them. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- He had been among the first at the feast, but had retreated with a goodly share to eat in quiet, and was now forcing his way back for more. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- She is dead and gone to Heaven; She is dead and gone to Heaven; 'Rived in the goodly land. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But I rather judge it the kinder feelings of nature, which grieves that so goodly a form should be a vessel of perdition. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- For when your guardians are ignorant of the law of births, and unite bride and bridegroom out of season, the children will not be goodly or fortunate. Plato. The Republic.
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