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Definition of Goodly
1. Adjective. Large in amount or extent or degree. "A sizable fortune"
Similar to: Considerable
Derivative terms: Heftiness, Sizeableness
Definition of Goodly
1. adv. Excellently.
2. a. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
Definition of Goodly
1. Adjective. (archaic) good, pleasing in appearance ¹
2. Adjective. (archaic) Quite large; considerable: a goodly sum. ¹
3. Adverb. (obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goodly
1. of pleasing appearance [adj -LIER, -LIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goodly
Literary usage of Goodly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Poetry: An Anthology by Harriet Monroe, Alice Corbin Henderson (1917)
"BALLAD OF THE goodly FERE Simon Zelotes speaketh it ... No capon priest was the
goodly Fere, But a man o' men was he. I ha' seen him drive a hundred men Wi' ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... got a goodly company here; pray where did you find all these ? Then Mr.
Great-heart replied :— " First, here is Christiana and her train, Her sons, ..."
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