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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Goodly

/go͝od'-lē/ approx. · Good·ly · IPA /ˈɡʊdli/
01 adv. Excellently.
  1. 1.
    Excellently.[Obs.]
02 a. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
  1. 1.
    Pleasant; agreeable; desirable.
    “We have many goodly days to see.” — Shak.
  2. 2.
    Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.
    “The goodliest man of men since born.” — Milton.
  3. 3.
    Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.
    “Goodly and great he sails behind his link.” — Dryden.