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goodliness|ˈgʊdlɪnɪs|
[f. goodly a. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being goodly.
1. Goodly appearance, comeliness, beauty, grace.
c1430Syr Gener. (Roxb.) 828 Of goodelynes he bereth the price. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. iii. iii, For the very perfect bryghtnes..I coulde nothyng beholde the goodlines Of that palaice where as Doctrine did wonne. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1633) 43 A voyce no lesse beautifull to his eares, than her goodlinesse was full of harmony to his eyes. a1677Barrow Serm. iv. Wks. 1687 I. 49 The goodliness to the sight, the pleasantness to the taste, which is ever perceptible in those fruits which genuine Piety beareth. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 122 Nor was there such another in the land For strength or goodliness.
†2. Goodness; kindness. Obs.
1434Misyn Mending Life 112 Bonitatem & disciplinam & scienciam doce me, þat is to say: ‘guydlynes, disciplyn, and conynge tech me’. c1450Mirour Saluacion 307 God of his myght and his grete gudelynesse. 1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. iv. 136 Ordres of discipline, and ciuile gouernaunce, full of all goodlines and equitie.
3. Excellence, value. rare.
1832H. Martineau Homes Abroad vii. 106 The bride was quite of her brother's opinion respecting the goodliness of exchange. |