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Meanings of goodly in English

Large in amount or extent or degree.

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      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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