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▪ I. goodly, a.|ˈgʊdlɪ|
Forms: (see good and -ly1).
[OE. gódlic, corresponding to OFris. gôdilîk, OS. gôdlîk (MDu. goedelijc, Du. goelijk), OHG. guotlíh (MHG. guotlich, guetlich).]
1. Of good appearance; good-looking, well-favoured or proportioned; comely, fair, handsome.
a1000Cædmon's Gen. 281 Ic hæbbe ᵹeweald micel to ᵹyrwanne godlecran stol hearran on heofne. c1205Lay. 860 Þat folc com togadere gudliche cnihtes. c1300Siriz 5 Wis he wes of lore, And gouthlich under gore, And clothed in fair sroud. c1374Chaucer Troylus ii. 831 (880) Þe goodlieste mayde Of gret estat in al þe toun of Troye. c1440Paston Lett. No. 25 I. 39 Of colour it wolde be a godely blew. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 183/2 A goodly yonge man and wel lernyd. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. i. viii, This goodly picture was in altitude Nyne fote and more, of fayre marble stone. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 12 Two children..both so beautifull, as that the world never produced a goodlier couple. a1674Clarendon Hist. Reb. xiii. §69 The Lord Withrington was one of the most goodly Persons of that Age, being near the head higher than most tall Men. 1809T. Kelly in R. Palmer Bk. Praise 48 Where no goodly plant is growing, Where no verdure ever smiled. 1886Ruskin Præterita I. 354 The next goodliest part of the college buildings,—the hall.
2. Notable or considerable in respect of size, quantity, or number (freq. with mixture of sense 1).
c1205Lay. 6159 Þe king of þan londe..com to-ȝeines Gurguint: mid godliche strengðe. 1568Grafton Chron. II. 367, xx. thousand knights, and squiers, which certeinly were a goodly company. 1639Fuller Holy War ii. vii. (1647) 51 Surely a goodly stature is most majestical. 1735Berkeley Querist §214 Seed equally scattered produceth a goodly harvest. 1798Coleridge Anc. Mar. vii. xx, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company. 1870Dickens E. Drood ii, One of the two men locks the door with a goodly key. 1877Black Green Past. xix, She glanced up at a goodly row of joints and fowls. 1881Besant & Rice Chapl. of Fleet I. 149 Mrs. Deborah cut off three or four goodly slices of cold beef.
3. Of good quality, admirable, splendid, excellent. Also, well suited for some purpose, proper, convenient (often with implication of sense 1).
c1385Chaucer L.G.W. 77 Prol., I..am ful glad if I may fynde an er Of ony goodly word that they han laft. c1386― Nun's Pr. Prol. 13 Swich thyng is gladsom..And of swich thyng were goodly for to telle. c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 3019 Holden he was for oon of the wise, And of spech most goodeliest. 1483Act 1 Rich. III c. 6. §3 Writs of Proclamation in all goodly haste [shall] be directed to every Sheriff. 1513Act 5 Hen. VIII c. 4 Preamb., Worsteds..have been one of the goodliest Merchandise and greatest Commodity of this Realm. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. (1586) 44 b, The grounde after his long rest, will beare goodly Corne. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 211 Many fair and goodly Proverbs, and Apophthegmes. 1725Pope Odyss. ix. 7 How goodly seems it, ever to employ Man's social days in union and in joy? 1845–6Trench Huls. Lect. Ser. ii. i. 153 The goodliest maxim is..nothing, save in its coherence to a body of truth. 1871Freeman Norm. Conq. (1876) IV. xvii. 80 The land which sent forth such goodly stores.
b. freq. in ironical use.
1553Becon Reliques of Rome (1563) 159 This is y⊇ goodly Godlye Catholyke doctrine wherwith the vngoodly vngodly Papests infecte the mindes of such Christians as [etc.]. 1583Hollyband Campo di Fior 207 Do you leane on the table? Where have you learned this goodly fashion? 1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 160 Heere's a goodly Watch indeed. 1654Jer. Taylor Real Pres. 151 Verily a goodly argument; if a man could guesse in what mood and figure it could conclude. 1680Allen Peace & Unity 141 More goodly and self-conceited, more proud and imperious. 1828Scott F.M. Perth viii, Some complaint..for playing at foot-ball on the streets of the burgh, or some such goodly matter.
†4. Gracious, kind, kindly-disposed. Also goodly of, liberal in. Obs.
13..E.E. Allit. P. B. 753 Þenne þe godlych god gef hym onsware. c1350Will. Palerne 355 My godelyche moder, Þat so faire haþ me fed. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. ii. ii. (1495) 29 Angels ben goodly and not tormented by the prycke of enuye. c1400Destr. Troy 3766 Achilles was..Godely of giftes, grettist in expense. c1440Promp. Parv. 201/1 Goodly, benignus, benevolus.
†5. phr. goodly and gracious! (see gracious).
1713Bentley Remarks ii. liii. (ed. 2) 76 Goodly and gracious! What an Honour is this to Cicero's Ashes? 1744Warburton Wks. (1811) XI. 318 Goodly and gracious! Here he shews how capable a reader he is of The Divine Legation.
Hence † ˈgoodlily adv. = next.
a1500Chaucer's Dreme 824 More friendly Unto my lady, and goodlely He spake, than any that was there.
▪ II. goodly, adv.|ˈgʊdlɪ|
Forms: (see good and -ly2).
[ME. godliche, corresponding to OHG. guotlîcho (MHG. guotlîche).]
†1. So as to produce a goodly appearance or effect; beautifully, elegantly, gracefully. Obs.
c1205Lay. 100 Tuenti gode scipen he guðliche fulde. Ibid. 18858 Of him scullen gleomen godliche singen. c1350Leg. Rood (1871) 71 Michaell come and by þam stode, And oþer angels gudely graid. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 578 At þat corner..Herde I aldyr louelyest lady dere..Synge so wel so godly, and so clere. c1400Ywaine & Gaw. 832 With sper and target gudely grayd. 1515Scot. Field 333 Thus he graces him godly with a greate meany. 1535Coverdale Ecclus. l. 18 They sunge goodly also with their voyces. 1556Chron. Gr. Friars (Camden) 81 It was goodly hangyd with clothes, banners, and stremers, and syngers, and goodly aparelde alle the way downe to Ledynhalle.
†2. Favourably, graciously, kindly; courteously, in a proper or becoming manner. Also, liberally.
a1300Cursor M. 23092 Quen i was will and vte o rest, Godli toke yee me to gest. 13..Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 273 Þow wyl grant me godly þe gomen þat I ask. 1377Langl. P. Pl. B. i. 180 But if ȝe loven..þe poure, Such good as god ȝow sent godelich parteth. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 118 The Coilȝear gudlie in feir tuke him be the hand. 1523Ld. Berners Froiss. I. ccxv. 270 Ladyes, and demoselles, right goodly dyde visyte hym. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. v. 15 Running heralds humble homage made, Greeting him goodly with new victory. 1676–7Hale Contempl. ii. 132 How we pride our selves in it? how goodly we look upon our selves?
3. In a goodly or excellent fashion; excellently. Also in ironical use. Now rare.
c1320Cast. Love 1396 He is vre Fader ariht, And so goodliche vs haþ i-diht Þat [etc.]. c1350Will. Palerne 169 God graunt hem his blis Þat godly so prayen! c1430Syr Gener. 1554 She liked him so goodelie in hir thoght. 1535Coverdale Num. xvi. 14 How goodly well hast thou brought Vs in to a londe that [etc.]. 1535J. Mason in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. II. 55 Here be many Cyties, butt nother great nor peopled, nother yett goodly buyldid. 1680H. More Apocal. Apoc. 283 R. H. thinke so goodly well of his confutation.. that [etc.]. 1865Mrs. Carlyle Lett. III. 261 You are so good about writing that you deserve to be goodly done by. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. II. 70/1 How goodly and cleanly they and their wives and children lived.
†4. Conveniently, with propriety. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Melib. ⁋53 And for ther is gret peril in werre; therefore shulde a man flee and eschewe warre in as muchel as a man may goodly. 1397Will Thomas Earl of Kent in Roy. Wills (1780) 118 My body to be buried as sone as hit goodlich may. 1422E.E. Wills (1882) 49 As son as yt may be don godly after þat I hame dede. 1448Will of Hen. VI in Willis & Clark Cambridge (1886) I. 378 The most substancial and best abidyng stuffe..that may goodly be had. c1500Melusine xxx. 218 She prayed hym to retournne assoone as he goodly myght. 1513Douglas æneis xiii. vii. 35 Quhen that he cummyn was so neir, That athir gudly to othir speik mycht.
†5. In negative clauses: Easily, readily. Obs.
c1400Mandeville (1839) xi. 130 No man may passe be that weye godely, but in tyme of Wyntir. c1435Torr. Portugal 1601 Wors tydinges..I myght not goodly here. 1477Earl Rivers (Caxton) Dictes 80 And so may not goodely ne wele eny man directe another, but if he dyrecte him self first. a1572Knox Hist. Ref. Wks. 1846 I. 385 The quhilk, becaus it is sa strange as it is..I can not gudlie beleif it. 1652Urquhart Jewel Wks. (1834) 215 Denmark, in my opinion, cannot goodly forget the magnanimous exploits of Sir Donald Mackie Lord Reay.
6. Comb., as goodly-ordered, goodly-propertied, goodly-sized adjs.
1656S. Holland Zara (1719) 26 Pomgranates and luscious Dates contended which first should salute his goodly-siz'd Grinders. 1673Dryden State Innoc. ii. i, O goodly-ordered work! O Power Divine, Of Thee I am, and what I am is Thine. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. All Fool's Day, A pair of so goodly-propertied and meritoriously-equal damsels. |