# goodly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɡʊdli/ · frequency rank #54,808

## Definitions
1. Good; pleasing in appearance; attractive; comely; graceful; pleasant; desirable.
2. Quite large; considerable; sufficient; adequate; more than enough.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd.
Proto-Germanic *gōdaz
Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
Proto-Germanic *līkąder.
Proto-Germanic *-līkaz
Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz
Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk
Old English gōdlīċ
Middle English goodlich
English goodly
From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/goodly