How to Use goodly in a Sentence

goodly

adjective
  • From this play’s powerful moments could be made a goodly list.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 27 June 2022
  • Once upon a time, people went to Tryall and remained there for a goodly spell.
    — Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2012
  • All-Black groups got some money, but groups that had a goodly amount of white liberals got much more.
    — Garrett Morris, TIME, 12 Feb. 2025
  • But as Hollywood well knows, wild makes for good watching, and a goodly amount of social hits.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
  • And that is a condition that envelops a goodly number of people everywhere.
    — Los Angeles Times Staff, latimes.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • Shouldn’t the board take into consideration what a goodly number of owners want?
    — Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2020
  • Over the years, the Navy has collected a goodly amount of data to inform battle-damage models.
    — Craig Hooper, Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • As night follows day, Democrats went apoplectic over Comey’s ouster, aiming a goodly amount of their wrath at Rosenstein.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 22 July 2017
  • There was goodly number of drive-ins scattered around Cleveland and environs for a few decades in the middle of the last century.
    — Rich Heileman, cleveland, 8 May 2020
  • Next, spray a goodly amount of Neem oil product on the soil and the container and tubers to kill as many of the remaining spores as possible.
    — Jeff Lowenfels, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The ducks will join a goodly number of their relatives that have already made the jump down the Central Flyway to Texas.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 28 Oct. 2017
  • They're reportedly paid $1200 per day—a goodly amount but less than what many of them could make as industry consultants.
    — Ann Finkbeiner, Science | AAAS, 27 June 2019
  • The drafting committee spent a goodly amount of time discussing this issue and considered many alternatives.
    — Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Inside are expensive materials, plush seats, and a goodly number of worthwhile features.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Lastly, and saddest of all, the Corvette will lose its hood of goodly length, the conspicuous priapism that has defined the mission for 65 years.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2018
  • In optical light, void galaxies look bluer on average than galaxies in denser regions, thanks to starlight beaming from a goodly number of hulking, bluish stars.
    — Adam Hadhazy, Discover Magazine, 4 Nov. 2016
  • McConnell never had a big majority to work with, and Barack Obama was the president for a goodly portion of his time as leader.
    — The Editors, National Review, 29 Feb. 2024
  • In other words, most Americans are disturbed by the epic, endless scale of military spending, and would like a goodly portion of that to be redirected back into the country itself.
    — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 7 Jan. 2020
  • That’s because customers pay only a portion of the fares shown on their Uber smartphone apps; much, if not most, of the cost is covered by the company’s venture investors — that’s where a goodly portion of their investments has been burned up.
    — Michael Hiltzik, chicagotribune.com, 21 June 2017
  • Fortunately for terrestrial connoisseurs, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab has laid in a goodly supply of the stuff, which can be ordered from their website.
    — Eliza Gauger, WIRED, 17 May 2007
  • View Photos That audience is expected to include a goodly number of brand loyalists, and the RZ driving experience seems catered to them.
    — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Before a crowd that was realistically in the neighborhood of 50,000 and had a goodly number of Browns fans, Young went 4-for-6 for 58 yards and a touchdown.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 9 Aug. 2025

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