Goodliness
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The condition of being goodly. uncountable
"There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman."
Example
More examples"There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman."
Etymology
From goodly + -ness.
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