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Etymology

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From goodly +‎ -ness.

Noun

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goodliness (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being goodly.
    • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:
      There was no comfort in the goodliness of spring or the bright sunshine weather, and she who had been wont to go about the doors lightfoot and blithe was now as dowie as a widow woman.