goodly

/ˈgʊdli/

/ˈgʊdli/

Other forms: goodliest; goodlier

A goodly amount of something is plenty of it. If you bake a goodly number of brownies for a bake sale, there are more than enough.

The adjective goodly can describe a large quantity and also a large size: "You described your house as tiny, but it's actually a goodly size!" You might bring home a goodly amount of spinach from the farmer's market, or take a new job that comes with a goodly increase in salary. Goodly comes from an Old English root word, godlic, "excellent, good, or fair."

Definitions of goodly

1. adjective

   large in amount or extent or degree
   “a goodly amount”

   synonyms: goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy

   considerable

   large or relatively large in number or amount or extent or degree