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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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GOOD a. 16 definitions

ve, or troublesome, etc. And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. Gen. i. 31. Good company, good wine, good welcome. Shak.

An exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty. [Obs.] Shak.

GOOD-BY; GOOD-BYE n.

Farewell; a form of address used at parting. See the last Note under By, prep. Shak.

GOOD-DEN interj.

A form of salutation. [Obs.] Shak.

GOOD-FELLOWSHIP n.

Agreeable companionship; companionableness.

GOOD-HUMORED a.

Having a cheerful spirit and demeanor; good-tempered. See Good- natured.

GOOD-HUMOREDLY adv.

With a cheerful spirit; in a cheerful or good-tempered manner.

GOOD-LOOKING a.

GOOD-NATURED a.

Naturally mild in temper; not easily provoked.

GOOD-NATUREDLY adv.

With maldness of temper.

GOOD-TEMPERED a.

Having a good temper; not easily vexed. See Good-natured.

Same as Gudgeon, 5.

Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. Goodish pictures in rich frames. Walpole.

Having no goods. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Goodly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Beauty of form; grace; elegance; comeliness. Her goodliness was full of harmony to his eyes. Sir P. Sidney.

GOODLY a. 4 definitions

Pleasant; agreeable; desirable. We have many goodly days to see. Shak.

GOODLYHEAD; GOODLYHOOD n.

Goodness; grace; goodliness. [Obs.] Spenser.

GOODMAN n. 2 definitions

A familiar appellation of civility, equivalent to "My friend", "Good sir", "Mister;" -- sometimes used ironically. [Obs.] With you, goodman boy, an you please. Shak.

The quality of being good in any of its various senses; excellence; virtue; kindness; benevolence; as, the goodness of timber, of a soil, of food; goodness of character, of disposition, of conduct, etc.