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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