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goodly | goodlihead |

In obsolete terms the difference between goodly and goodlihead

is that goodly is excellently while goodlihead is the character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.

As an adjective goodly

is good, pleasing in appearance.

As an adverb goodly

is in a goodly way; courteously, graciously.

As a noun goodlihead is

the character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.

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)

    • goodlihead

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) The character or nature of a goodly person; goodliness.
  • *1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iii:
  • *:But mote thy goodlyhed forgiue it mee, / To weet, which of the Gods I shall thee name, / That vnto thee due worship I may rightly frame.
  • (archaic, poetic) Goodly appearance or looks; beauty.
  • *1893 , Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell, The Living Age ... :
    • The lilies, of great goodlihead , divinely tall, sway with a stately, languid grace; the Canterbury bells are all ringing.
  • *1943 , Quintus (Smyrnaeus), Arthur Sanders Way, The Fall of Troy :
    • Now, by the strength and fury of Hercules -- To whom in stature, might, and goodlihead Most like thou art I pray thee, have in mind Him, and resolve to match his deeds with thine.
  • *1950 , Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The wisdom of the sands :
    • Let me but have my tea and sugar, my well-fed ass and my good wife at hand, and let my children wax in stature and goodlihead — then my cup is full, I crave nothing more.