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Webster 1913 Edition

Goodly

Good′ly

,
adv.
Excellently.
[Obs.]
Spenser.

Good′ly

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Goodlier
;
sup
erl.
Goodliest
.]
[OE.
godlich
, AS.
gōdlic
. See
Good
, and
Like
.]
1.
Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
We have many
goodly
days to see.
Shakespeare
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Goodly

GOOD'LY

,
adv.
Excellently.

GOOD'LY

,
Adj.
Being of a handsome form; beautiful; graceful; as a goodly person; goodly raiment; goodly houses.
1.
Pleasant; agreeable; desirable; as goodly days.
2.
Bulky; swelling; affectedly turgid.

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