goodly

goodly
Synonyms and related words:
Junoesque, advantageous, affable, agreeable, amiable, amicable, ample, amply endowed, auspicious, becoming, beneficial, benevolent, big, blissful, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, built, built for comfort, bumper, buxom, callipygian, callipygous, capital, cheerful, cogent, comely, commendable, compatible, complaisant, congenial, consequential, considerable, cordial, curvaceous, curvy, desirable, dulcet, elegant, en rapport, enjoyable, estimable, excellent, expedient, fair, fair and pleasant, famous, favorable, felicific, felicitous, fine, genial, goddess-like, good, good-looking, gracious, grand, grateful, gratifying, great, harmonious, healthy, heart-warming, helpful, honeyed, kind, large, large-scale, laudable, likable, likely, lovely to behold, man-sized, mellifluous, mellow, nice, noble, numerous, personable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure-giving, pleasureful, pneumatic, presentable, profitable, regal, rewarding, royal, satisfying, shapely, sightly, significant, sizable, sizeable, skillful, slender, sound, splendid, stacked, statuesque, substantial, sweet, tall, tidy, useful, valid, very good, virtuous, welcome, well-built, well-favored, well-formed, well-made, well-proportioned, well-shaped, well-stacked

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  • Goodly — Good ly, a. [Compar. {Goodlier}; superl. {Goodliest}.] [OE. godlich, AS. g[=o]dlic. See {Good}, and {Like}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. [1913 Webster] We have many goodly days to see. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Of pleasing… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • goodly — O.E. godlic goodly, excellent; comely fair; see GOOD (Cf. good) (adj.) + LY (Cf. ly) (1) …   Etymology dictionary

  • goodly — [good′lē] adj. goodlier, goodliest 1. of attractive appearance; good looking 2. of good quality; fine 3. rather large; ample [a goodly sum] goodliness n …   English World dictionary

  • Goodly — Good ly, adv. Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • goodly — index major Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • goodly — ► ADJECTIVE (goodlier, goodliest) 1) considerable in size or quantity. 2) archaic attractive, excellent, or virtuous …   English terms dictionary

  • goodly — [[t]g ʊdli[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n A goodly amount or part of something is a fairly large amount or part of it, often more than was expected. [FORMAL] The Central Intelligence Agency employed a goodly number of expert professionals in this particular… …   English dictionary

  • goodly — UK [ˈɡʊdlɪ] / US adjective Word forms goodly : adjective goodly comparative goodlier superlative goodliest old fashioned a goodly number, amount, time etc is fairly large or long …   English dictionary

  • goodly — goodliness, n. /good lee/, adj., goodlier, goodliest. 1. of good or substantial size, amount, etc.: a goodly sum. 2. of good or fine appearance. 3. Archaic. of a good quality: a goodly gift. [bef. 1000; ME; OE godlic. See GOOD, LY] * * * …   Universalium

  • goodly — adjective a) good, pleasing in appearance O Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her b) Quite large; considerable: a goodly sum. Was made a goodly thing …   Wiktionary

  • goodly — good|ly [ˈgudli] adj [only before noun] 1.) a goodly number/sum/amount etc old fashioned a large amount ▪ £1500 is still a goodly sum. 2.) old use pleasant in appearance or good in quality …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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