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Goodly vs Badly - What's the difference?

goodly | badly |

As adjectives the difference between goodly and badly

is that goodly is good, pleasing in appearance while badly is ill, unwell.

As adverbs the difference between goodly and badly

is that goodly is in a goodly way; courteously, graciously while badly is in a bad manner.

goodly

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) goodly, goodlich, .

Adjective

(er)
  • (archaic) good, pleasing in appearance
  • * , A Ballad of Death , lines 26–27
    • ''O Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her
    ''Was made a goodly thing
  • (archaic) Quite large; considerable.
    • a goodly sum of money
    walking at a goodly pace

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) goodly, goodliche, .

    Adverb

    (er)
  • (obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
  • *:
  • *:Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone / Whanne the kynge was dede / alle the cyte was desmayed and wyst not who myghte be her kynge
  • *, II.ix:
  • *:Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall.
  • (obsolete) Excellently.
  • :(Spenser)

    • badly

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (Northern England) Ill, unwell.
    • He's never badly'''''. (''He's never '''ill .)

    Adverb

  • In a bad manner.
  • Very much; to a great degree.
    • I want it so badly .

    Usage notes

    * Badly is sometimes used after feel in its copulative sense where one might expect an adjective, ie, bad. Most prescriptive grammarians prefer "I feel bad" to "I feel badly", but "I feel badly" is widely used.

    Anagrams

    * English suppletive adverbs