There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
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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