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Meanings of goodly in English

Large in amount or extent or degree.

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Usage of goodly in English
1
Moreover, there is a goodly young woman to be taken into communion.
Sympathy for the devil
2
The clergy now began to appear in goodly numbers upon the scene.
South Wind
3
There was a goodly pile of money in front of the Mexican.
Wolf Breed
4
Evans brought the unwelcome news that the goodly fellowship was broken up.
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains
5
The palace rose great and goodly enough, with the church at hand.
1492
6
Once it had been a goodly building, the home of some cattle-king.
Riders of the Silences
7
Just beneath them, in a great shining curve, flowed the goodly Connecticut.
Roderick Hudson
8
So the fruits of the foraging came tumbling aboard-a promising, goodly array.
Virginia: the Old Dominion / As seen from its colonial waterway,...
9
And goodly Odysseus rejoiced as he set his sails to the breeze.
The Odyssey of Homer
10
The courtiers assembled on this occasion presented a brilliant and goodly sight.
Royalty Restored; Or, London Under Charles II
11
Two goodly elms bowed their heads into the flood and snapped off.
The Red Man's Revenge: A Tale of The Red River Flood
12
Presently two goodly kegs of whisky were rolled into the council teepee.
Old Indian Days
13
He would leave a goodly legacy to the captive of his prayers.
The Battle of the Strong: A Romance of Two Kingdoms — Volume 5
14
A goodly number of passengers were joining the ship at Port Said.
The Quest of the Sacred Slipper
15
A mere list of the Churchyard booksellers would fill a goodly-sized volume.
The Book-Hunter in London / Historical and Other Studies of Coll...
16
To judge from the goodly patronage, it is pathologically effective as well.
A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees
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Goodly across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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