goodly
adjective
of good or substantial size, amount, etc..
goodliest
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superlativeof goodly.superlative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating the greatest degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Virginia “is wonderfull fertile and very rich,” he told the company, with “a goodly River called Patomack, upon the borders whereof there are grown the goodliest Trees.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 26, 2017
From the outside Satan can see "higher than that wall a circling row / Of goodliest trees loaden with fairest fruit".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2011
Besides pine, oak and mulberry, there were, Smith writes, "... goodliest Woods as Beech, Cedar, Cypresse, Walnuts, Sassfras, and other trees unknowne."
From The Stronghold A Story of Historic Northern Neck of Virginia and Its People by Miriam Haynie
His name was Lionel de Wayne," replied Arnold, at her elbow; "and he was one of the goodliest knights that ever bare shield.
From A Vanished Hand by Sarah Doudney
I left there the goodliest company conceivable: Rogers, Moore, Macaulay, Charles Austen, Mr. Dundas, Charles Greville, and Westmacott: so much for the mankind.
From Records of Later Life by Fanny Kemble
