goodly

UK /ˈɡʊdli/ US /ˈɡʊdli/
adj 2adv 2

Definitions

adj

1

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.

2

Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.

a goodly sum of money

walking at a goodly pace

adv

1

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 […]

2

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.

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