good and

phrase

ˌgu̇d-ᵊn How to pronounce good and (audio)
Synonyms of good andnext
: very, entirely
was good and mad

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By 1990, though, China started to look good and Qingdao was just a 12- or 13-hour ferry ride across the Yellow Sea. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026 At the heart of this work was a fundamental question about good and evil. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026 What Baldwin is lamenting is our tendency to fall back on binaries — right and wrong, good and evil — rather than to struggle with complexity. — David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026 Something can be helpful and harmful, good and bad, annoying and endearing. — Jeanna Bryner, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for good and

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of good and was in 1885

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good and
good and lawful
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“Good and.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/good%20and. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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