Woodly vs Goodly - What's the difference?
woodly | goodly |
(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)
As adverbs the difference between woodly and goodly
is that woodly is (obsolete) madly; furiously while goodly is (obsolete) in a goodly way; courteously, graciously.As an adjective goodly is
(archaic) good, pleasing in appearance.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
