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# goodly

«goodly» in Mova's school dictionary: **quite a large amount** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (goodly, goodlier, goodliest — old-fashioned)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (old-fashioned) A goodly amount means quite a large amount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#m1)

2) (old, Bible) Goodly means good-looking, fine or pleasant. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life today, people mostly use it in the phrase «a goodly number» or «a goodly sum», often with a smile because it sounds old. In the Bible and old stories, a goodly land or goodly person means a fine, beautiful one. It tells the reader the writing has an old-fashioned voice.

### examples

- A goodly crowd turned up for the school fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x1)
- Grandpa saved a goodly sum for his holiday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x2)
- We waited a goodly while for the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x3)
- (Bible) «I have a goodly heritage.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x4)
- In the old tale, the prince rode to a goodly castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x5)
- The cake was a goodly size. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x6)
- A nobleman went hunting one autumn, and with him went a goodly train of huntsmen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/#x7)

### note

It looks like an adverb because of -ly, but it is an adjective: «a goodly amount». Not used much in everyday speech; «a good amount» or «quite a lot» is more usual.

### In the corpora

- [Naphtali is a hind let loose: he giveth goodly words.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1620/)
- [How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, thy dwellings, O Israel!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.871/)
- [lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.258/)
- [Now he was ruddy, and withal of beautiful eyes, and goodly to look upon.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1SA.438/)
- [Forasmuch as ye have taken My silver and My gold, and have carried into your temples My goodly treasures;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOL.57/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «goodly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.