Thesaurus: goodly

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1. adv. Excellently.
2. superl. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
3. superl. Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.
4. superl. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.
5. adj. large in amount or extent or degree
6. Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser. 1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. We have many goodly days to see. Shak. 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.
7. Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.
8. j:100 s. large in amount or extent or degree