goodly
Example Sentences
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The goodly fellowship of the prophets praise thee.
From BBC • May 5, 2023
He was optimistic that the sprinklers would save “a goodly number of them” from extreme heat, he said.
From New York Times • Apr. 4, 2023
I also disappeared for a goodly while into Stephen Amidon’s taut domestic thriller “Locust Lane,” which is just coming out this month.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023
Grainger made sense because his wind band music usefully employed a goodly number of winds included in the 32 young musicians, and because you can’t have too many winds in a band.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022
Within, upon the first floor above the street, up a wide carven stair, he showed them to a fair room, light and airy, with goodly hangings of dull gold sheen unfigured.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Vocabulary lists containing goodly
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