"goodly" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡʊdli/ Audio: en-us-goodly.ogg Forms: goodlier [comparative], goodliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊdli Etymology: From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|goodly}} Middle English goodly, {{inh|en|ang|gōdlīċ|t=good, goodly}} Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*gōdalīk}} Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*gōdalīkaz|t=good, goodly}} Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”), {{suf|en|good|ly|id2=adjectival}} good + -ly, {{cog|nl|goedelijk}} Dutch goedelijk, {{cog|de|gütlich|t=friendly}} German gütlich (“friendly”), {{cog|is|góðlegur|t=benign}} Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”) Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)
  1. (dated) Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable. Tags: dated Categories (topical): Appearance
    Sense id: en-goodly-en-adj-1iCmJd2I Disambiguation of Appearance: 85 1 12 1
  2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
    Sense id: en-goodly-en-adj-IRvkDUzT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival) Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adjectival): 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: goodliness
Etymology number: 1

Adverb

IPA: /ˈɡʊdli/ Audio: en-us-goodly.ogg Forms: goodlier [comparative], goodliest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ʊdli Etymology: From Middle English goodly, goodliche, gōdliche, from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from the adjective; equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Middle High German guotlīche, güetlīche. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|goodly}} Middle English goodly, {{inh|en|ang|gōdlīċe||goodly}} Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), {{suf|en|good|ly|id2=adverbial}} good + -ly, {{cog|gmh|guotlīche}} Middle High German guotlīche Head templates: {{en-adv|er}} goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)
  1. (obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-goodly-en-adv-INBnRdq8
  2. (dialectal or obsolete) Well; excellently. Tags: dialectal, obsolete
    Sense id: en-goodly-en-adv-kez5bXcw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial), Middle English links with redundant target parameters, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 13 33 45 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ly (adverbial): 14 17 23 46 Disambiguation of Middle English links with redundant target parameters: 12 18 21 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 8 26 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 4 26 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2011, Dawn French, Dear Fatty:",
          "text": "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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          "ref": "2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:",
          "text": "After stopping at these stations, my train has become busy. Returning day-trippers make up a goodly number, along with young people heading for a night out in Bristol, which is where I change once again.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough."
      ],
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        ],
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          "sufficient",
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        ],
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        ]
      ]
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}

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        "comparative"
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          "text": "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 / Whanne the kynge was dede / alle the cyte was desmayed and wyst not who myghte be her kynge",
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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
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        "In a goodly way; courteously, graciously."
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        "(obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously."
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "a. 1599, Edmund Spenser, To the Earle of Cumberland:",
          "text": "For love of vertue and of martial praise;\nTo which though nobly ye inclined are,\n(As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies)",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Dawn French, Dear Fatty:",
          "text": "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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        "Well; excellently."
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        "(dialectal or obsolete) Well; excellently."
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