English Explanatory Dictionary

goodly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
  2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
adv
  1. In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
  2. Well; excellently.

Pronunciation

/ˈɡʊdli/ en-us-goodly.ogg

Word forms

goodly goodlier goodliest

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-Indo-European *leyg- Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk Old English gōdlīċ Middle English goodlich English goodly 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”).

Derived words

goodlihead goodlihood goodliness ungoodly
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