Adjective

(lb) Of people.

#Acting in the interest of good; ethical.

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#*1891 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.6

#*:When we are happy, we are always good', but when we are ' good , we are not always happy.

#Competent or talented.

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#*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

#*:Those are generally good' at flattering who are ' good for nothing else.

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, passage=Ivor had acquired more than a mile of fishing rights with the house?; he was not at all a good fisherman, but one must do something?; one generally, however, banged a ball with a squash-racket against a wall.}}

#Able to be depended on for the discharge of obligations incurred; of unimpaired credit.

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#Useful for a particular purpose; functional.

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, title= Wild Plants to the Rescue , volume=101, issue=3, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Plant breeding is always a numbers game.

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#*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good , serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.

#(lb) Real; actual; serious.

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#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:Love no man in good earnest.

(lb) Of properties and qualities.

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##Edible; not stale or rotten.

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##Having a particularly pleasant taste.

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##Being satisfying; meeting dietary requirements.

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#Healthful.

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#Pleasant; enjoyable.

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#Favourable.

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#Beneficial; worthwhile.

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, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.

#Adequate; sufficient; not fallacious.

#*(William Shakespeare) (1564-1616)

#*:My reasons are both good and weighty.

(lb) With "and", extremely.

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(lb) Of quantities.

#Reasonable in amount.

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#Large in amount or size.

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#*:The big houses, and there are a good many of them, lie for the most part in what may be called by courtesy the valleys. You catch a glimpse of them sometimes at a little distance from the [railway] line, which seems to have shown some ingenuity in avoiding them,.

#Entire.

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#*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.

Adjective

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(dated) Firmly or securely fixed in place; stable.

That rope is dangerously loose. Make it fast !

Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.

* Spenser

outlaws lurking in woods and fast places

(of people) Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now only in set phrases like "fast friend".)

Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.

I am going to buy a fast car.

(computing, of a piece of hardware) Able to transfer data in a short period of time.

Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).

* Shakespeare

all this while in a most fast sleep

(of dyes or colours) Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.

All the washing has come out pink. That red tee-shirt was not fast .

(obsolete) Tenacious; retentive.

* Francis Bacon

Roses, damask and red, are fast flowers of their smells.

(colloquial) Having an extravagant lifestyle or immoral habits.

She's fast – she slept with him on their first date. .

Ahead of the correct time or schedule.

There must be something wrong with the hall clock. It is always fast .

(of photographic film) More sensitive to light than average.