Associations to the word «Goodly»

Wiktionary

GOODLY, adjective. (archaic) Good, pleasing in appearance.
GOODLY, adjective. (archaic) Quite large; considerable.
GOODLY, adverb. (obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
GOODLY, adverb. (obsolete) Excellently.

Dictionary definition

GOODLY, adjective. Large in amount or extent or degree; "it cost a considerable amount"; "a goodly amount"; "received a hefty bonus"; "a respectable sum"; "a tidy sum of money"; "a sizable fortune".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope