goodly

goodly · adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*gʰedʰ-
2. Proto-Germanic*gadanąvṛd.
3. Proto-Germanic*gōdaz
4. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
5. Proto-Germanic*līką
6. Proto-Germanic*gōdalīkaz
7. Proto-West Germanic*gōdalīk
8. Old Englishgōdlīċ
9. Middle Englishgoodlich
10. English todaygoodly

From Middle English goodly, goodlich, gōdlich, from Old English gōdlīċ (“good, goodly”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōdalīk, from Proto-Germanic *gōdalīkaz (“good, goodly”); equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Dutch goedelijk, goelijk (“harmless, benign”), German gütlich (“friendly”), Icelandic góðlegur (“benign”).

goodly · adverb²

1. Old English · inherited fromgōdlīċe“goodly”
2. Middle English · inherited fromgoodly
3. English todaygoodly

From Middle English goodly, goodliche, gōdliche, from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from the adjective; equivalent to good + -ly. Cognate with Middle High German guotlīche, güetlīche.

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