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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-us-goodly.ogg/En-us-goodly.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-us-goodly.ogg",
"tags": [
"General-American"
],
"text": "Audio (GA)"
}
],
"word": "goodly"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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