"good and" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: en-au-good and.ogg [Australia] Forms: more good and [comparative], most good and [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adv}} good and (comparative more good and, superlative most good and)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, and. Related terms: nice and
    Sense id: en-good_and-en-adv-h6EgadAP Categories (other): English coordinates Disambiguation of English coordinates: 82 18
  2. (idiomatic, used as an intensifier) Very; exceptionally; utterly. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-good_and-en-adv-DfznN~SQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 20 80 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 18 82

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