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goodnessgood‧ness /ˈɡʊdnəs/ ●●○ S3 noun [uncountable]  
- Anne believes in the basic goodness of all people.
- His goodness shines through his every action.
- She had a wonderful combination of beauty and goodness.
- Walnuts add crunchy goodness to salads, soups, and desserts.
- And thank goodness the figure has been released in time for rotational planning prior to harvest.
- And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
- From an attitude of generosity, warm feeling and motherly goodness, she now had shifted into a mood of high hilarity.
- Not a lot of domestic politics about, thank goodness!
- Thank goodness she had not succumbed to the idea of having Alice live with her.
- That errant thought, coming from goodness knew where, made her heart beat an erratic tattoo.
- The distinction between virtue and goodness was not understood in modern times.
the quality of being morally good► goodness what is good in a person's character: · She had a wonderful combination of beauty and goodness.· His goodness shines through his every action. ► good good actions, characteristics, or behaviour: · Everyone has a choice between good and evil.· I just can't see any good in these people at all. ► decency kindness, honesty, and fairness in the way that you treat other people: · You can rely on their decency and good sense.have the decency to do something: · I think you should have the decency to tell him you are already married.common decency (=ordinary decency that most people have): · He borrowed money from me and didn't even have the common decency to pay me back. ADJECTIVE► honest· They promise an honest to goodness family holiday in the sun and that's exactly what we got. NOUN► sake· No reason why you should be treated like bone chine just because you've had a baby, for goodness sake.· Why, for goodness sake, should it have been our planet?· For goodness sake, what made you think David Chester would walk into this in the first place?· Whatever happened to punishment, for goodness sake?· For goodness sake, girl, you must stop this silly habit.· It was supposed to be June, for goodness sake, but still the chill shot through my body.· Oh for goodness sake, let's keep is that way. VERB► thank· Have passed them all, thank goodness.· Stairs lead to where the children will be sequestered and it has twin beds and its own bathroom, thank goodness.· But she's slept well today, thank goodness.· And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.· Not a lot of domestic politics about, thank goodness!· And in the case of this campaign, thank goodness.· The first is: thank goodness for insurance.· But this year, thank goodness, I had somewhere to go to. ► have the goodness to do something- But I hope to learn these soon if anybody will have the goodness to bear with me.
- Surely even an idiot must realise that they wouldn't donate this huge amount out of the goodness of their hearts.
- For goodness' sake, be quiet!
- The last bridge cost $30 million, and goodness knows how much a new one will cost.
- At the mercy of wild animals and insects and snakes and goodness knows what horrors!
- But goodness knows, Nona had had her say there.
- For aficionados those shortcuts are still there - it's still Control+KQX to quit - goodness knows why.
- I suppose that ferrets are no more unusual as pets than rats, snakes and goodness only knows what else.
- It seems you've survived, goodness knows how, for really it would not matter if you did not.
- They took furnishings, china, sofas, televisions and goodness only knows what else.
- Though goodness knows why they think they have to do it so early in the morning.
- Surely even an idiot must realise that they wouldn't donate this huge amount out of the goodness of their hearts.
- Thank God the semester's almost over!
- A spare room with no room mate was available, thank goodness, at the Loch Leven Hotel.
- All I can say in these hectic times is thank goodness for Marks & Spencer's prepared meals.
- And the politicians, thank goodness, have only so much money with which to rip each other to shreds.
- He was leaving, thank goodness!
- There was no sign of him now, thank goodness.
noungoodgoodiegoodygoodnessgoodsadjectivegoodgoodishadverbgood 1my goodness!/goodness (gracious) me! spoken said when you are surprised or sometimes angry:  My goodness, you have spent a lot!2for goodness’ sake spoken said when you are annoyed or surprised, especially when telling someone to do something: For goodness’ sake stop arguing!3goodness (only) knows spoken used to emphasize that you are not sure about something, or to make a statement stronger: That bar’s been closed for goodness knows how long. Goodness knows, I tried to help him!4being good the quality of being good: the desire to see goodness and justice in the world5best part the part of food which is good for your health: All the goodness of an egg is in the yolk.6have the goodness to do something old-fashioned formal used when asking someone to do something in an extremely polite way: Please have the goodness to wait.7out of the goodness of somebody’s heart used when someone has done something in order to be kind or helpful to other people: He did it out of the goodness of his heart. |