Goodly vs Doodly - What's the difference?
goodly | doodly |
(archaic) good, pleasing in appearance
* , A Ballad of Death , lines 26–27
(archaic) Quite large; considerable.
(obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
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*: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)
Like a doodle; scribbly.
* 2007 , Aidan Chambers, This Is All (page 257)
As adjectives the difference between goodly and doodly
is that goodly is good, pleasing in appearance while doodly is like a doodle; scribbly.As an adverb goodly
is in a goodly way; courteously, graciously.goodly
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) goodly, goodlich, .Adjective
(er)- ''O Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her
- ''Was made a goodly thing
- a goodly sum of money
- walking at a goodly pace
Etymology 2
From (etyl) goodly, goodliche, .Adverb
(er)doodly
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I chose a glazed pottery egg, partly because I liked the weight of it — heavy for its size — and because it sat so neatly in my hand, but mainly because I liked the strange doodly pattern drawn on it in greys and washed-out blues
