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


Etymology 1

Adjective

goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)

(dated) Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.

Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.

Etymology 2

Adverb

goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)

(obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.

(dialectal or obsolete) Well; excellently.

Source: Wiktionary


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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29 May 2025

CRITICAL

(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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