goodly
adjective
of good or substantial size, amount, etc..
goodlier
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comparativeof goodly.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Bank it had none, but its margin was the lawn, to which it imparted a goodlier freshness.
From The Decameron, Volume II by J. M. (James Macmullen) Rigg
I my lady, than eyes goodlier easily she?
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Robinson Ellis
Sweet is the treading of wine, and sweet the feet of the dove; But a goodlier gift is thine than foam of the grapes or love.
From Poems & Ballads (First Series) by Algernon Charles Swinburne
Solomon in all his glory had been no goodlier sight; and if she toiled or spun to achieve it, her state, I should say, is by so much the more gracious.
From In a Green Shade A Country Commentary by Maurice Henry Hewlett
Well, my maid, thou hast this morrow many goodlier gifts than mine, yet not one more useful.
From Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall by Emily Sarah Holt
