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good and

good and adverb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, and.

Adverb

good and (comparative more good and, superlative most good and)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, and.
  2. (idiomatic) Very; plenty; exceptionally; quite, utterly.
    • good and ready
    • I'll process his request when I'm good and ready, that's when!

Examples of good and in a sentence

  • As for that swab, he's good and dead, he is.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 25, in Treasure Island:
  • Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want and deserve to get it good and hard.1946, H. L. Mencken, American Mercury:
  • [S]he doesn't insist on the whole vegetable-meat-fish-eggs aspect of eating, saying I'll get around to that when I'm good and ready for it.2008, Nancy Huston, Fault Lines, →ISBN:

Forms of good and

comparativemore good and
superlativemost good and

Questions about good and

What does good and mean?
Good and means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good, and.
How do you use good and in a sentence?
As for that swab, he's good and dead, he is.
What part of speech is good and?
Good and is an adverb.

Words near good and in the dictionary

  1. gooching
  2. Goochland
  3. Goochland County
  4. good
  5. good afternoon
  6. good and
  7. good and proper
  8. good article
  9. good articles
  10. good artists copy, great artists steal
  11. good as gold

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