adjective · rare

goodly

good·ly

goodly · goodlier · goodliest

Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirableGood; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.

/ˈɡʊdli/

Meaning

2 senses

(dated)Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
a goodly sum of money
walking at a goodly pace

More definitions

large in amount or extent or degree

Origin

From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), f

From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”).

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