Middle English Dictionary Entry
gọ̄dlī adv.(2)
Entry Info
| Forms | gọ̄dlī adv.(2) Also goðliche. |
| Etymology | Prob. OE; cp. OHG guotlīcho. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. godli adj.(2).
1.
(a) Excellently, expertly; diligently, intently, valiantly; (b) beautifully, pleasingly, splendidly.
Associated quotations
a
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)10761 : Liuius Gallus goðliche [Otho: wel] werede.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.405 : Þe monkes of Cisterciens were..myrour of hem þat were goodliche besy [L studiosorum speculum].
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2970 : Ye han wel and goodly answerd.
- (a1402) Trev.Dial.MC (Hrl 1900)29/11 : Þe kyng..doþ graciouslich wiþ ȝou & gouerneþ ȝow godelich alwey.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)5.3516 : For vn-to hem my boke is nat direct, But to swiche..þat goodly can by correccioun Amende a þing.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1345 : And Lord! so he gan goodly on hire se, That nevere his look ne bleynte from hire face.
- (1431-2) Will York in Sur.Soc.3020 : If yai yat er bon do yair myght and power gudely to amend ye defawtes in ye said brigges, als ferr als yair gudes wyll extendd.
- c1440 PLAlex.(Thrn)33/16 : Herkenes gudly what I sall say.
b
- c1275(?a1200) Lay.Brut (Clg A.9)18857 : Of him scullen gleomen godliche singen.
- a1350 A wayle whyt (Hrl 2253)2 : A grein in golde þat godly shon.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)5031 : Kinges & quenes & oþer kud lordes perteli in alle aparaile pursewend þurthoute..as eche gom in his degre godliche ouȝt.
- c1390 Castle Love(1) (Vrn)1396 : He is vre ffader ariht And so goodliche vs haþ I-diht.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.6784 : Þe body as a mast was riȝt, Proporcioned most goodly to þe siȝt.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)5.578 : Herde I myn alderlevest lady deere..Syngen so wel, so goodly, and so clere.
- a1425 NHom.(3) Pass.(Hrl 4196)154/351* : Michaell come and by þam stode, And oþer angels gudely graid.
- c1475(c1399) Mum & S.(1) (Cmb Ll.4.14)1.40 : It was full goodeliche ygraue with gold al abouȝte.
2.
(a) Graciously, courteously; in a friendly manner, kindly; (b) gladly, willingly; taken ~, to submit to (sth.); (c) fortunately.
Associated quotations
a
- 1372 Als i lay vp-on (Adv 18.7.21)25 : He grette me godli on is kne & seide, 'heil! marie.'
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)306 : Þe couherde..graunted him goddeli on goddis holy name Forto worchen his wille.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1270 : Grete grace..god godliche þere schewede.
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.3065 : He spak to hem ful goodly.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)4.152 : A man mai se How goodli that Penolope..Of his lachesce was pleintif.
- a1400(a1325) Cursor (Vsp A.3)23092 : Godli [vr. godeli] toke yee me to gest.
- c1400(?c1390) Gawain (Nero A.10)1933 : Al with gomen he hym gret & goudly he sayde.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2632 : Of deth I ne recche, Ȝif þer-with-al I myȝt ȝow agreen, Þat to my helpe so goodly list to seen.
- a1425(c1333-52) Minot Poems (Glb E.9)17/80 : So thanked he gudely þe grete and þe small.
- a1425(a1382) WBible(1) (Corp-O 4)Gen.43.27 : And he goodly [L clementer; WB(2): mekeli] hem aȝen salutid.
- a1450(c1433) Lydg.St.Edm.(Hrl 2278)399/149 : To whos request the kyng is condescendid And most goodly gan him reconforte.
- (1440) PParv.(Hrl 221)201 : Goodely: Benigne, benevole.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)5469 : Cryst..ful benygnely To hym hys chere turnyd & seyd goodly.
- c1450(c1425) Brut-1419 (Cmb Kk.1.12)364/14 : Our King..godely and worschepfully hym resceyved.
- c1450 Pilgr.LM (Cmb Ff.5.30)41 : She turnede hire towardes me and goodliche seide, 'What seechest thou?'
- c1460(?c1400) Beryn (Nthld 55)2466 : Beryn had I-herd..how goodly as Geffrey spak, as he were his frende.
- ?c1475 *Cath.Angl.(Add 15562)58b : Gudely: benigne, Commcter [Monson: comiter].
- a1500(?a1390) Mirk Fest.(GoughETop 4)208/3 : God..dyd soo godely by hur.
- a1500(1428) Let.Marg.Anjou in Camd.86 (Add 46846)38 : Ye wol gouvern yow unto him in alle wise goodely and frendely.
b
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)1461 : Godli boute grucching alle graunted sone.
- (c1387-95) Chaucer CT.Prol.(Manly-Rickert)A.803 : And for to make yow the moore mury, I wol my self goodly [vr. gladlye] with yow ryde.
- c1400(a1376) PPl.A(1) (Trin-C R.3.14)1.156 : But ȝif ȝe loue..þe pore, Of such good as god sent goodlyche [vrr. Treweliche, loueliche, frely] parteþ, ȝe ne haue no more meryt.
- c1400(c1378) PPl.B (LdMisc 581)11.272 : To suche þat ben in wille To serue god godeliche, ne greueth hym no penaunce.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)3.1035 : Som manere jalousie..unnethe doth or seyth amys, But goodly drynketh up al his distresse.
- a1425(?a1400) RRose (Htrn 409)5289 : Man shulde maken his request Unto his freend..And he goodly shulde it fulfille.
- a1425 *Medulla (Stnh A.1.10)1b/a : Accepto: to take godelich.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)24/21 : Sche prayd hym þat he wold ȝeue hir leue to make hyr praerys, & he grawntyd it goodlych.
- a1450 St.Kath.(3) (Richardson 44)5 : Hit was seen nedeful to require þe sayde kynge Constaunce to..cease þat rebellion, whiche request he graunted goodly and drow hym in haste toward the partyes.
- c1450(a1425) MOTest.(SeldSup 52)6944 : With hym gudly wyll þei gang.
- a1475 Godstow Reg.(Rwl B.408)396/29 : To be had and to be hold..al so frely and goodly as ony almesse myght be yeve.
- a1500(a1400) Cleges (Adv 19.1.11)244 : Take vpp thys panyere goodly [vr. gladly] And bere yt forth esyly.
c
- c1350 MPPsalter (Add 17376)44.5 : Ȝyf entent godelich [L intende prospere] and go forþe.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2368 : But godli, as god wold, swich grace bitidde.
- a1375(1335-1361) WPal.(KC 13)2669 : I haue sent..to my semely fader, þat grece haþ godli to gye.
3.
(a) Righteously; (b) as noun: righteousness; (c) properly, rightly, with propriety.
Associated quotations
a
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.5362 : For he his lust so goodly ladde, That bothe lawe and kinde is served.
- (a1475) Fortescue Gov.E.(LdMisc 593)117 : The French kynges reuenues ben..moche gratter..yet thai ben not goodly taken.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)3819 : We godely lif moun, oure saule from syn to saue.
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)109/90 : He that doth good and doth nat goodly..must nedes be badde.
b
- 1532-1897(c1385) Usk TL (Thynne:Skeat)109/104 : And do he never so many good dedes, bicause goodly is away, his goodnes is nat rekened.
c
- c1400(?c1380) Patience (Nero A.10)26 : Þay þe gracious Godes sunes schal godly be called.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)1.2537 : And þat ȝe liste for to haue in mynde, As I disserue, goodly me to quite.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)2.946 : With al the haste goodly that they myghte, They spedde hem fro the soper unto bedde.
4.
As an intensive: (a) at all, possibly; ~ possible, at all possible; as a man mai ~, as he possibly can; as sone as hit ~ mai, as soon as it possibly can; if she might ~, if she possibly could; that mai ~ be had, that can be had at all; etc.; (b) mai (might) not ~, can (could) hardly; (c) much; ~ so muche, so very much; (d) as ~ as, as well as.
Associated quotations
a
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2860 : Ther fore sholde a man..eschewe werre in as muchel as a man may goodly.
- 1397 Will Th.of Kent in Roy.Wills (1780) [OD col.]118 : My body to be buried as sone as hit goodlich may.
- (1421) E.Black Monks in RHS ser.3.47105 : That ye do come to gedre..yn as gret nombre as is goodly possible.
- (1422) EEWills49/10 : As son as yt may be don godly after þat I hame dede, porelych to be beryed.
- (1424) EEWills62/18 : If it myght godely, I wolde alle þe giftes..were done by fyn.
- (a1438) MKempe A (Add 61823)5/4 : He..preyd þis creatur to getyn ageyn þe booke yf sche myth goodly.
- (1439) Doc.in Collect.Topogr.514 : I wold..that he shuld haue tho cc marc payid to him withinne ye firste iiij yere of ye sale..or mor hastili yf it goodli may.
- (1443) Let.in Ellis Orig.Let.ser.3.179 : She shal be conduted vnto vs in all haste goodly possible.
- (1444) RParl.5.111a : And that the seid Shirrefs well and duely arreise the money so assessed..al so sone as they godely may after the seid assessyng.
- (1444) Will York in Sur.Soc.30111 : I wol, in as short tyme as goodly may be doo, be said for my soule Ml. massis.
- (1448) in Willis & C.Cambridge 1378 : I wol that bothe my seid Colleges be edified of the most substancial..stuffe of stone..and yron that may goodly be had and prouided therto.
- c1450 Med.Bk.(1) (Med-L 136)264/859 : Lat þe syk drynk þer of first and last as hote as he may suffre goodely.
- (1451) Lin.DDoc.46/5 : I wil it be amend in al the hast that it gudle may.
- (1463) Will Bury in Camd.4920 : I wille my feffees..put Seynt Marie preest..in possession of my seid hous..as soone after myn interment as may goodly be doo.
- c1480(1462) Benev.Edw.IV (Add 48031)137 : We .. wol spare as muche as goodly we may to putte hem teny suche charge at this tyme, or teny charge other than accordith with thaire owne gentillesses.
- c1500 Melusine (Roy 18.B.2)218/28 : She prayed hym to retourne assoone as he goodly myght.
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.236 : At theim he prayed the kyng of Fraunce to light His candill then, if that he goodly might.
b
- (c1390) Chaucer CT.Mel.(Manly-Rickert)B.2420 : Alle bihestes that ben dishoneste ben of no value and eek if it so be that it be inpossible or may nat goodly be parformed or kept.
- c1425(a1420) Lydg.TB (Aug A.4)2.1452 : It may of trouth nat goodly ben excused.
- a1425(c1385) Chaucer TC (Benson-Robinson)1.253 : Now sith it may nat goodly ben withstonde..Refuseth nat to Love for to ben bonde.
- ?a1425(c1400) Mandev.(1) (Tit C.16)83/25 : Noman may passe be þat weye godely [Eg: wele] but in tyme of wynter.
- (1429) RParl.4.343b : Item, that oute of the Terme tyme, no thyng shal be sped in the Counseill, but swyche thynge as..asketh necessarie and hastye spede, and may noght goodly be abyden unto the Terme tyme.
- a1500(?a1400) Torrent (Chet 8009)1588 : Wors tydinges to me this day I myght not goodly here.
c
- a1450 Gener.(1) (Mrg M 876)1554 : She liked him so goodelie in hir thoght.
- a1450 Parton.(1) (UC C.188)1863 : I myght thank God that day to see Ye to haue goodely so moche grace.
d
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)2.787 : Elda..al the pleine cas, Als goodliche as he cowthe, tolde.
- (c1395) Chaucer CT.Mch.(Manly-Rickert)E.1935 : Doun by his beddes syde sit she than, Confortyng hym as goodly as she may.
- 1447 Bokenham Sts.(Arun 327)1086 : As goodly as he cowde or myht..he took his leue.