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GOODLY
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Irregular inflected forms: goodlier , goodliest
I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large in amount or extent or degree
Example:
a sizable fortune
Synonyms:
goodish; goodly; healthy; hefty; respectable; sizable; sizeable; tidy
Classified under:
Similar:
considerable (large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree)
Context examples:
By this time the gas-bag had swollen to a goodly rotundity and was jerking strongly upon its lashings.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
You have been blind to much that is goodly and fair, quoth Sir Nigel, but you have also been spared much that is sorry and foul.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I think even now that I might hit any large and goodly mark with a bow like this.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“A goodly list, truly,” cried the superior with a smile.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“There is a goodly hostel near the west gate, which is famed for the stewing of spiced pullets,” remarked Sir Oliver.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Could I but learn his name, I should send you to him with my cartel, that we might have further occasion to watch his goodly feats of arms.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
By my hilt! father, said Aylward, looking keenly at him, it is a marvel to me that thy girdle should have so goodly a span and clip thee so closely, if you have in sooth had so little to place within it.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Oh, for that, said the other, I count it not a fly; for I had promised myself a good hour ago that I should go with thee, since the life seems to be a goodly and proper one.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By the three kings!” cried one, “here is an old dotard shrew to have so goodly a crutch! Use the leg that God hath given you, man, and do not bear so heavily upon the wench.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
“By St. Christopher! it is indeed a fair and goodly life which you have chosen, for you gather up the spoil as a Warsash man gathers lobsters, without grace or favor from any man.”
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
