goodly

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɡʊdli/ UK /ˈɡʊdli/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
considerable in size or amount; pleasing in appearance

A goodly sum was raised at the charity dinner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · considerable in size or... considerable substantial sizable large ample comely

Opposites

small paltry meager trifling

Word family

Derived forms goodliness

Related forms good

Etymology

From Old English gōdlic ('excellent, splendid'), from gōd ('good') + -lic ('-ly').

gōdlic Old English gōd Old English

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# goodly

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɡʊdli/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɡʊdli/

## Meanings
1. considerable in size or amount; pleasing in appearance

## Examples
- A goodly sum was raised at the charity dinner.

## Synonyms
- considerable
- substantial
- sizable
- large
- ample
- comely

## Antonyms
- small
- paltry
- meager
- trifling

## Derived Forms
- goodliness

## Related Forms
- good

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: gōdlic
- Root: gōd

## Etymology
From Old English gōdlic ('excellent, splendid'), from gōd ('good') + -lic ('-ly').

## AI Etymology
Goodly comes from Old English gōdlic ('excellent, splendid'), from gōd ('good') + -lic ('-ly'). Morphologically, the account is both compositional and suffixal: -lic marks the visible structure by which the older base becomes the modern form. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "considerable in size or amount; pleasing in appearance", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as goodliness and related forms such as good, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Old English gōdlic and Old English gōd, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance. Its semantic neighborhood is marked by considerable, substantial, sizable, and large on one side and contrasts such as small, paltry, and meager on the other, locating the modern specialization without adding a new origin story.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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