goodly

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

Grainger made sense because his wind band music usefully employed a goodly number of winds included in the 32 young musicians, and because you can’t have too many winds in a band.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022

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

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger