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Goodish

adjective

Moderately good of its kind.

Large in amount or extent or degree. Synonyms: goodly, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable, tidy. "A goodly amount" , "Received a hefty bonus" , "A respectable sum" , "A tidy sum of money" , "A sizable fortune"

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"Goodish" Quotes from Famous Books

... manager lived. This was Klaus's home. Lights in the windows, and often music; the happy people that lived here knew and could do all sorts of things that could never be learned from books. No mistake: he had a goodish way to go—a long, long way. ...

— The Great Hunger • Johan Bojer

... year a certain bust supposed by his admirers to be unsurpassed by any effort of ancient or modern genius. I am no judge of sculpture, and will not therefore pronounce an opinion, but many who considered themselves to be judges declared that it was a "goodish head and shoulders" and nothing more. I merely mention the fact, as it was on the strength of that head and shoulders that O'Brien separated himself from a throng of others such as himself in Rome, walked solitary during the days, and threw ...

— Stories By English Authors: Italy • Various

... rather fagged, and it's a goodish way to Ivy Lane," he said, by way of giving him an excuse not ...

— Of Human Bondage • W. Somerset Maugham

... watch. It was hard work to keep my eyes open. I drew up the window to let the cool air refresh me; I fought hard with exhausted nature, and exhausted nature won. I fell asleep again. This time it was eight in the morning when I awoke. I have goodish ears, as you may have noticed. I heard women's voices talking under my open window. I peeped out. Mrs. Beauly and her maid in close confabulation! Mrs. Beauly and her maid looking guiltily about them to make sure that they were neither seen nor heard! 'Take care, ma'am,' I heard the maid say; ...

— The Law and the Lady • Wilkie Collins

... think I did," returned the trapper, a look of self-satisfied pride crossing his scarred visage as he thought of the celebrity as a hunter to which he had attained. "It took me a goodish while, of course, to circumvent it all, but in time I got to be—well, you know what, an' I'm not fond o' blowin' my ...

— The Prairie Chief • R.M. Ballantyne

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