What does "goodly" mean?
Goodly: Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. We have many goodly days to see. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses. The goodliest man of men since born. Milton.
- 3.Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. Goodly and great he sails behind his link. Dryden.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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