goodly
adjective
of good or substantial size, amount, etc..
goodliness
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a word derived from
goodly.
Example Sentences
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Johnson has ended a 19-year run of white actors playing Glinda in any professional “Wicked” company, a milestone made even more powerful since Glinda is the very essence of goodliness.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 28, 2022
Economic goodliness, organizing skill, a harmless personality with neither pungent anecdotes nor the taint of scandal.
From Time Magazine Archive
I think he was blessed with all the comeliness and goodliness of the Golden Age.”
From The Proud Prince by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
The Church government is the lordship of Christ in the communion of His offices, whereby His people obey His will, and have mutual use of their graces and callings to further their goodliness and welfare.’
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 1 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
With Boccaccio the same genius proclaimed the beauty of the world, the goodliness of youth, and strength and love and life, unterrified by hell, unappalled by the shadow of impending death.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Rossiter Johnson
