Definition of Good and

1. Adverb. Completely or thoroughly. "When I'm good and ready"

Language type: Colloquialism

Definition of Good and

1. Adverb. (idiomatic used as an intensifier) Very; exceptionally; utterly. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Good And

good-natured
good-naturedly
good-naturedness
good-neighborliness
good-neighbourliness
good-sized
good-tempered
good-temperedness
good-time
good-time Charlie
good God
good Lord
good Samaritan
good afternoon
good and (current term)
good as gold
good authority
good cholesterol
good condition
good continuation
good cop bad cop
good day
good deal
good drunk
good egg
good ending
good endings
good enough
good enough for jazz

Literary usage of Good and

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato, Benjamin Jowett (1881)
"And is he not truly good ? and must he not be represented as such ? Certainly. And no good thing is hurtful ? No, indeed. And that which is not hurtful ..."

2. The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle by Aristotle (1891)
"... good and pleasure are two distinct things; (2) others think that though some pleasures are good most are bad; (3) others, again, think that even though ..."

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