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goodliest

goodliest is the superlative form of goodly.

Meaning of goodly

Adjective

goodly (comparative goodlier, superlative goodliest)

  1. (dated) Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
    • Her goodly thighs, whoſe glory did appear, / Like a triumphal Arch,[…]1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
  2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.
    • a goodly sum of money

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Questions about goodliest

What is goodliest the superlative form of?
Goodliest is the superlative form of goodly.

Words near goodliest in the dictionary

  1. goodless
  2. goodlessness
  3. Goodlett
  4. Goodley Stock
  5. goodlier
  6. goodliest
  7. goodlihead
  8. goodlihood
  9. goodlike
  10. Goodlin
  11. goodliness

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