Good″ly, a. [Compar.Goodlier (?); superl.Goodliest.] [OE. godlich, AS. gōdlic. 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.