goodly
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Is goodly a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of goodly?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (dated) Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.Examples: "Her goodly thighs, whoſe glory did appear, / Like a triumphal Arch,[…]"; "The diuell can cite Scripture for his purpoſe, / An euill ſoule producing holy witneſſe, / Is like a villaine with a ſmiling cheeke, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O what a goodly outſide falſehood hath."; "O Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her Was made a goodly thing."dated
adv (English)
1. (obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.Examples: "Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone"; "Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall […]"obsolete
2. (dialectal or obsolete) Well; excellently.Examples: "For love of vertue and of martial praise; To which though nobly ye inclined are, (As goodlie well ye shew'd in late assaies)"; "I know doin' marriage is tough and hard to pull off for a long time, but from what I has been led to believe, you two was doin' it quite goodly. As goodly as a huntin' shootin' fishin' filmin' drinkin' Englishy can do with a gyratin' pumpin' singin' lookin' wearinv Yankee-doodle icon. It was seemin' to be good together."dialectalobsolete
Definition source: Wiktionary