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Definition of Goodliest

Goodliest
Goodly Good"ly, a. [Compar. Goodlier; superl. Goodliest.] [OE. godlich, AS. g?dlic. See Good, and Like.] 1. Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. We have many goodly days to see. --Shak. 2. Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses. The goodliest man of men since born. --Milton. 3. Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number. Goodly and great he sails behind his link. --Dryden.

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- Bristol. The church was described by Queen Elizabeth I as "the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England." Secular buildings include...
- in 1574, was said to have described St Mary Redcliffe as "The fairest, goodliest and most famous parish church in England". In 1628 Charles I similarly...
- North Carolina to Raleigh, stated: "We have discovered the main to be the goodliest soil under the cope of heaven, so abounding with sweet trees that bring...
- entire; of the rest of his allies he picked out a few from each people, the goodliest men and those that he knew to have done some good service... Thereby the...
- entire; of the rest of his allies he picked out a few from each people, the goodliest men and those that he knew to have done some good service... Thereby the...
- of Paradise up sprung... And higher than that Wall a circling row Of goodliest trees loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once of golden...
- country where God in human shape did fare.   2. Lands, the greatest, goodliest, fairest, Many such mine eyes have seen; O'er them all the crown thou...
- Historical Publications. ISBN 0-948667-29-X. Bowlt, Eileen. M (1989). 'The Goodliest Place in Middle****'. A history of the Ancient Parish of Ruislip from the...
- Bristol. The church was described by Queen Elizabeth I as "the fairest, goodliest, and most famous parish church in England." The New Room was built in...
- "from the interior of the continent" who "by force seized upon one of the goodliest places near the sea, and became a Terror to all their Neighbors." Much...