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# goodness

«goodness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the quality of being good, kind and honest** — 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

noun (goodness; uncountable); interjection («Goodness!», «My goodness!»)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Goodness is the quality of being good, kind and honest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#m1)

2) Goodness is the healthy part of food that does you good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#m2)

3) «Goodness!» or «My goodness!» is said to show surprise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and values lessons, goodness is kindness and honesty shown in actions. In everyday life, older people often say «My goodness!» or «Goodness me!». Phrases: «thank goodness», «for goodness' sake», «goodness knows», «out of the goodness of your heart».

### examples

- My goodness, look how tall you've grown! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x1)
- Thank goodness you're safe! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x2)
- She helped out of the goodness of her heart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x3)
- Vegetables are full of goodness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x4)
- For goodness' sake, close the door! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x5)
- Goodness knows where I put my keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x6)
- The story is about goodness winning over evil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x7)
- Her patience and goodness were rewarded at last. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/goodness/#x8)

### note

Uncountable. «Thank goodness» shows relief. «Goodness knows» means nobody knows. Spelling: double «s» at the end («-ness»). Not a number word.

### In the corpora

- [Bread fills ducks with little goodness and rotting leftovers dirty the pond; oats, peas, sweetcorn or duck food are better.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/16/)
- [Bamboo has little goodness, so pandas must eat a lot and rest to save energy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/135-kung-fu-panda-real-giant-pandas-and-red-pandas/5/)
- [It is a clever trick that gets twice as much goodness out of tough grass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/398-poo-wee-and-smells-rabbits-that-eat-their-droppings-dung-beetles-and-the-smelliest-animals/2/)
- [The sergeant speaks in old-fashioned words: «Oddsbodikins! … Rouse thee, old loon» (= Goodness!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/33/)
- ["Goodness knows" means God knows, that is, nobody knows.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/32-religion-fate-failure/9/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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