Category:Goodly

Good"ly, adv.

Defn: Excellently. [Obs.] Spenser.

goodly Good"ly, a. [Compar. Goodlier; superl. Goodliest.] Etym: [OE. godlich, AS. g. See Good, and Like.]

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.