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In some senses, goodly is marked as dated, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
rotten
VERB + GOODLY
made, miling
GOODLY + NOUN
apple, e, entertaind, fal, ide, thighs, thing
PREP.
out
adj
Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
Her goodly thighs, whoſe glory did appear, / Like a triumphal Arch,[…]
The diuell can cite Scripture for his purpoſe, / An euill ſoule producing holy witneſſe, / Is like a villaine with a ſmiling cheeke, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O what a goodly outſide falſehood hath.
Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
a goodly sum of money
walking at a goodly pace
adv
In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone
Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall […]
Well; excellently.
For love of vertue and of martial praise; To which though nobly ye inclined are, (As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies)
I know doin' marriage is tough and hard to pull off for a long time, but from what I has been led to believe, you two was doin' it quite goodly. As goodly as a huntin' shootin' fishin' filmin' drinkin' Englishy can do with a gyratin' pumpin' singin' lookin' wearinv Yankee-doodle icon. It was seemin' to be good together.
adjective — large in amount or extent or degree
Her goodly thighs, whoſe glory did appear, / Like a triumphal Arch,[…]
WiktionaryThe diuell can cite Scripture for his purpoſe, / An euill ſoule producing holy witneſſe, / Is like a villaine with a ſmiling cheeke, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O what a goodly outſide fal
WiktionaryO Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her Was made a goodly thing.
WiktionaryThenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone
WiktionaryGoodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall […]
WiktionaryFor love of vertue and of martial praise; To which though nobly ye inclined are, (As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies)
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In some senses, goodly is marked as dated, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.