adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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number
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It seems fair to assume that she will attract the attention of a goodly number of our countrymen.
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The Thatcher Years have been splendid ones for a goodly number of golf members throughout this Royal and Ancient land of ours.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A goodly portion of this land is valuable property near Austin, the capital of Texas.
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He was going to need a goodly few replacement parts if he ever hoped to restore it.
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It seems fair to assume that she will attract the attention of a goodly number of our countrymen.
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Possibly Jim would have survived for a goodly while bobbing up and down in this fashion.
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Small Dave had spent a goodly amount of time impressing upon him the importance of finding a camel.
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The Thatcher Years have been splendid ones for a goodly number of golf members throughout this Royal and Ancient land of ours.
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Yet for the United States, coal has an overpowering redeeming feature -- it is in goodly supply.