goodly

«goodly» in Mova's school dictionary: quite a large amount — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (goodly, goodlier, goodliest — old-fashioned)

meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned) A goodly amount means quite a large amount. tree →

2) (old, Bible) Goodly means good-looking, fine or pleasant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life today, people mostly use it in the phrase «a goodly number» or «a goodly sum», often with a smile because it sounds old. In the Bible and old stories, a goodly land or goodly person means a fine, beautiful one. It tells the reader the writing has an old-fashioned voice.

examples

• A goodly crowd turned up for the school fair. tree →
• Grandpa saved a goodly sum for his holiday. tree →
• We waited a goodly while for the bus. tree →
• (Bible) «I have a goodly heritage.» tree →
• In the old tale, the prince rode to a goodly castle. tree →
• The cake was a goodly size. tree →
• A nobleman went hunting one autumn, and with him went a goodly train of huntsmen. tree →

note

It looks like an adverb because of -ly, but it is an adjective: «a goodly amount». Not used much in everyday speech; «a good amount» or «quite a lot» is more usual.

In the corpora

• Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.
• How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!
• lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
• Now he was ruddy, and withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon.
• Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «goodly» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.