goodly

Speech parts

1. goodly - Adjective

2. goodly - Adverb

4. goodly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Excellently.

Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.

Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.

Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

respectable sizable grand large great considerable substantial fine beautiful excellent healthy generous ample handsome decent
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Antonyms

bantam small little pygmy teeny bitty
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Phrases with the word

a goodly amount goodly-eyed cod goodly tree

Derivatives

goodlier goodliest

Examples

One could not be a successful scientist without realizing that, in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid. James D. Watson

Build me straight, O worthy Master Staunch and strong, a goodly vessel, That shall laugh at all disaster, And with wave and whirlwind wrestle. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

The monumental pomp of age Was with this goodly personage A stature undepressed in size, Unbent, which rather seemed to rise In open victory o'er the weight Of seventy years, to loftier height. William Wordsworth

He that keeps out of harm's way will gather goodly riches. Danish Proverb

If a man looks upon your wife pluck out his eye and cook it in a goodly stew. If he eats the stew his manhood will wither and fall off in the next moon. Gypsy Proverb

A good wife's a goodly prize, saith Solomon the wise. Romanian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

goodlookingness Goodlow Goodluck goodly tree goodly-eyed cod goodlyhead