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• s  large in amount or extent or degree
  a goodly amount

• The National Academy of Sciences added a "foreign associate" to its goodly company: Russian physicist Peter Kapitza, Hero of Socialist Labor.
• The three ships sailed into Chesapeake Bay and found, in the words of one voyager, "fair meadows and goodly tall trees, with such fresh waters running through the woods, as I was .
• For the part of humanity that reads--that's still a goodly chunk, by the way--McEwan's new book is a major event.

• goodish
• healthy
• hefty
• respectable
• sizable
• sizeable
• tidy

News & Articles

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• HBO Trailer Mania: Eastbound & Down, Larry David’s Clear History, More Newsroom
  HBO debuted a goodly amount of teasers on Sunday, perhaps to ease the pain of Game of Thrones going dark until season four. Among the pack are The Newsroom, Boardwalk Empire, the undead Eastbound & Down, Larry David and Greg Mottola's movie Clear History, and Stephen Merchant's Hello Ladies.The meatiest ... More »
  June 10, 2013 - Vulture

Quotes

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• Kevin Pollak in The State Journal-Register
  In his free time, Pollak said, the poker variant Texas Hold 'Em has become "a goodly part of my life."
• Paul Kanjorski in Baltimore Sun
  This idea that it's late, guys, and you've got to pass it, and you've got to do it or nothing, I'm afraid a lot of people are overestimating the willingness of a goodly number of members of Congress to play chicken,Kanjorski said.
• John Sculley in Wauconda Courier
  I always paid attention to his career. He is one of my heroes, and I agree with him on a goodly number things,specifically the right to life, Scully said.