In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
GOODLIER
GOODLY
goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy
(adjective) 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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
goodlier
(obsolete) comparative form of goodly
Anagrams
• ergoloid
Source: Wiktionary
GOODLY
Good"ly, adv.
Definition: Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.
Good"ly, a. [Compar. Goodlier; superl. Goodliest.] Etym: [OE. godlich, AS. g. See Good, and Like.]
1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. We have many goodly days to see. Shak.
2. Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses. The goodliest man of men since born. Milton.
3. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. Goodly and great he sails behind his link. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; “a square peg in a round hole”; “a square corner”
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