goodely
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Middle English
[edit]Adverb
[edit]goodely
- goodly: in a goodly way; courteously, graciously
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XVII:
- Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone / Whanne the kynge was dede / alle the cyte was desmayed and wyst not who myghte be her kynge
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