Definitions

goodly

[good-lee] / ˈgʊd li /

ADJECTIVE

sizable

Synonyms

WEAK

ample big biggish burly capacious comprehensive decent decent-sized extensive good great gross hefty husky jumbo largish major massive ponderous respectable sensible spacious strapping substantial tidy voluminous whopping

Example Sentences

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The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee.

From BBC • May 5, 2023

I also disappeared for a goodly while into Stephen Amidon’s taut domestic thriller “Locust Lane,” which is just coming out this month.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

“For what more august, more charming and useful, than the culture and preservation of such goodly plantations: That shade to our grand-children give,” the British forester John Evelyn wrote in the 1660s, quoting Virgil.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2022

From this play’s powerful moments could be made a goodly list.

From Washington Post • Jun. 27, 2022

To support this credo, he submitted a goodly number of original drawings and oil paintings.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger

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