goodlich

Etymology

From Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”), equivalent to good +‎ -lich.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːdlitʃ/

Adjective

goodlich

1. goodly (gracious, kind, kindly-disposed)
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:

     And with alle these men I was ofte homli and I comownede with hem long tyme and fele, and so bifore alle othir men I chees wilfulli to be enformed bi hem and of hem, and speciali of Wiclef himsilf, as of the moost vertuous and goodlich wise man that I herde of owhere either knew.

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