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goodness

ˈgʊdnɪs
WordNet
Chips and iron capacity measure for dry goods with bridge and style of 1/2 bushel, with labels.
Chips and iron capacity measure for dry goods with bridge and style of 1/2 bushel, with labels.
  1. (n) goodness
    moral excellence or admirableness "there is much good to be found in people"
  2. (n) goodness
    that which is pleasing or valuable or useful "weigh the good against the bad","among the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization"
Illustrations
The Good Samaritan lifts the injured man onto his donkey, on the right in the background the arrival at an inn. Below the picture the text: Samaritanus impositum iumento hic in diversorium abducit einsq curam agit Luc 10. Third print from a series of four.
The Good Samaritan lifts the injured man onto his donkey, on the right in the background the arrival at an inn. Below the picture the text: Samaritanus impositum iumento hic in diversorium abducit einsq curam agit Luc 10. Third print from a series of four.
Chips and iron capacity measure for dry goods with bridge and style of 1 bushel, with stamps and labels.
Chips and iron capacity measure for dry goods with bridge and style of 1 bushel, with stamps and labels.
Sheet with 6 representations of the good and bad behavior of children, including looking at pictures, earning a beating, looking in the mirror, playing hide and seek, building a tower and catching a mouse. Below each image a four-line verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 40.
Sheet with 6 representations of the good and bad behavior of children, including looking at pictures, earning a beating, looking in the mirror, playing hide and seek, building a tower and catching a mouse. Below each image a four-line verse in two columns. Numbered top right: No. 40.
The Apostle Peter as a good shepherd. He leads his flock of sheep (the Christian community) into a stable (the church) that is being prepared by the other apostles. In the background a village. On the horizon Christ on the cross. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the parable of the good shepherd.
The Apostle Peter as a good shepherd. He leads his flock of sheep (the Christian community) into a stable (the church) that is being prepared by the other apostles. In the background a village. On the horizon Christ on the cross. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the parable of the good shepherd.
Christ as a good shepherd. He walks with his lambs toward the gates of New Jerusalem. The holy city has twelve gates, guarded by twelve angels. God and the Holy Spirit appear in the clouds, along with some angels. On the left an angel showing John the New Jerusalem. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the parable of the good shepherd.
Christ as a good shepherd. He walks with his lambs toward the gates of New Jerusalem. The holy city has twelve gates, guarded by twelve angels. God and the Holy Spirit appear in the clouds, along with some angels. On the left an angel showing John the New Jerusalem. The print has a Latin caption and is part of a four-part series on the parable of the good shepherd.
The good murderer
Chips and iron capacity measure for dry goods with bridge and style of 1 aggele, with vzv mark and labels.
Chips and iron capacity measure for dry goods with bridge and style of 1 aggele, with vzv mark and labels.
Adam and Eve are ashamed of their nakedness after eating from the tree of good and evil. They are discovered by God while covering themselves with leaves. In the background the Fall. Below the picture an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
Adam and Eve are ashamed of their nakedness after eating from the tree of good and evil. They are discovered by God while covering themselves with leaves. In the background the Fall. Below the picture an explanatory text in Latin. This print is part of an album.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
Have you ever questioned your sanity? You have good reason to. Did you know that one out of every four people has some sort of pychological 'problem'?
  1. (n) goodness
    The state or quality of being good, in any sense; excellence; purity; virtue; grace; benevolence.
  2. (n) goodness
    In exclamatory use, a term of emphasis; “gracious”: as, my goodness! no; for goodness' sake, tell me what it is.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
Interesting fact
More than 50 percent of adults surveyed said that children should not be paid money for getting good grades in school.
  1. (n) Goodness
    virtue: excellence: benevolence: a term of emphasis, as in 'For goodness' sake;' 'Oh, goodness!'—n. and interj. Good′-night, a common salutation, a contraction of 'I wish you a good night.'—interj. Good′-now, an exclamation of wonder, surprise, or entreaty
Quotations
H.G. Wells
One of the darkest evils of our world is surely the unteachable wildness of the Good.
H.G. Wells
John Jay Chapman
Good government is the outcome of private virtue.
John Jay Chapman
All good government must begin at home.
H. R. Haweis
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.
Baltasar Gracian
Abraham Lincoln
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
William Shakespeare
He is not great who is not greatly good.
William Shakespeare
Idioms

As good as new - If something has been used but is still in extremely good condition, it is as good as new.

Deliver the goods - Do what is required, come up to expectations. For example, Kate delivered the goods and got us the five votes we needed. This phrase alludes to delivering an order of groceries or other items. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s]

Give as good as you get - If you give as good as you get, you are prepared to treat people as badly as they treat you and to fight for what you believe.

Good antennae - Someone with good antennae is good at detecting things.

Good as gold - If children are as good as gold, they behave very well.

Good egg - A person who can be relied on is a good egg. Bad egg is the opposite.

Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary AS. gōdnes,

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. gód; closely akin to Dut. goed, Ger. gut, Ice. góðr, Goth. gods.

Usage in the news

Local Boy Makes Good, Goes Bad, Makes Good Again. sdreader.com

Technical difficulties prevented me from posting this Thursday when it was released, but it's one of those feel-good stories that's a good read any day. blog.mysanantonio.com

The good news, and it's just barely good: Private employers added 83,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 9.5 percent, the lowest level in nearly a year. philly.com

"The Foreigner" is good — real good. oakridger.com

I love a dish with a good story behind it, and Mapo Tofu is a legendary dish from the Sichuan province in China that has a good one. pbs.org

Maison Martinique offers good food, good times. tcpalm.com

Mealworms are a good source of protein and serve as a good treat for birds. birdchannel.com

Good metadata means good government. gcn.com

Spreading the good word – make that, the good sound – that is Austin music. kut.org

But she looked good and sounded good and The Rock seemed to be surprised and almost emotional. club937.com

No matter its age, Groovefest gets going Sunday, bringing a day's worth of good music and — fingers crossed — good weather to Norman. okgazette.com

This sequence allows the filmmakers to do one of those things that TV can never deliver as well as the big screen : Blow stuff up good, real good. browardpalmbeach.com

All you need for a good night are a good car, good friends, good food, drinks and good music. randomlengthsnews.com

Good selection, friendly staff, good deals. tucsonweekly.com

Athens — Sometimes it feels good to put politics aside, and just cheer for the good old USA. athensreview.com

Usage in scientific papers

We begin with the proof of Proposition 3.13, which constructs a very good coordinate system ˇI for (X, f ) starting with a good coordinate system I for (X, f ), which exists by Proposition 3.12.
Kuranishi homology and Kuranishi cohomology

To prove the analogous ‘if ’ result for real ly good coordinate systems, we first construct a very good coordinate system ˇI with corners with ˇI |∂X = J as above, and then extend to really good ( ˇI , ˇη) with ( ˇI , ˇη)|∂X = (J , ζ ).
Kuranishi homology and Kuranishi cohomology

When (I , η) and ( ˜I , ˜η) are really good coordinate systems for (X, f ) and ( ˜X , ˜f ), where one of f : X → Y and ˜f : ˜X → Y is a strong submersion, we shall define a really good coordinate system (I , η) ×Y ( ˜I , ˜η) for the fibre product (X ×Y ˜X , πY ).
Kuranishi homology and Kuranishi cohomology

Since (I , η) and ( ˙I , ˙η) are both really Write ζ = (ζj : j ∈ J , ζ k good coordinate systems for (X, f ), one can show that (J , ζ ) is a real ly good coordinate system for (ZX,T , f ◦ π ).
Kuranishi homology and Kuranishi cohomology

Partition the indices i ≤ n into two sets, the good and the bad indices, as follows: Fix a large constant κ < ∞, and say that index i is good if |Si+1 + ξi | ≤ κ√i; say that i is bad otherwise.
Occupation Statistics of Critical Branching Random Walks in Two or Higher Dimensions

Usage in literature

Sometimes a well made wagon, a good team and a good man can sell from house to house in the country and city and make good returns. "Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916" by Various

Good-night, my dear, good-night. "A Crooked Path" by Mrs. Alexander

One of Mammy's good ash-roasted 'taters would be awful good right now wid some of dat good old home-made butter to go wid it. "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves" by Work Projects Administration

I jus' can't 'member half of dem good old songs 'cause my mem'ry ain't good as it used to be. "Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves" by Work Projects Administration

Good coffee is very well, but what is the use of good coffee if you have no time to drink it? "Phineas Redux" by Anthony Trollope

I felt that I did think good thoughts, and that I had good feelings, and that I both said and did good things. "Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again" by Joseph Barker

As the writer told her good-bye, she said, "Good-bye, and may the Lord bless you". "Slave Narratives Vol. XIV. South Carolina, Part 1" by Various

Dere is heap of good white folks now and dere is a heap of dem what ain't so good. "Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves" by Work Projects Administration

He keeps good teams, and good plows, and good harrows, and good rollers, and good cultivators, and good grade Shorthorn cows. "Talks on Manures" by Joseph Harris

In other cities a good pastor need not always be a good preacher. "Lights and Shadows of New York Life" by James D. McCabe

Usage in poetry
The moral of my ode is this:
beauty is twice beauty
and what is good is doubly good
when it is a matter of two socks
made of wool in winter.
"Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda Author object (524)
Good cause I have still to be sad,
Good reason always to be glad.
Hence still my joys with sorrow meet,
And still my tears are bitter sweet.
"The Believer's Riddle; or, the Mystery of Faith" by Ralph Erskine Author object (545)
I have said, "Good-by!--Good-by!--Good-by!"
With my very best good will,
All through life from the first,--and I
Am a cheerful old man still:
"It's_Got_To Be" by James Whitcomb Riley Author object (339)
“O Lord, our Lord,
How great is Thy compassion. Come, good Lord,
For we will open. Come this night, good Lord;
Stand at the door and knock.
"Brothers, And A Sermon" by Jean Ingelow Author object (347)
For truth must live with truth, self-sacrifice
Seek out its great allies;
Good must find good by gravitation sure,
And love with love endure.
"Within The Gate" by John Greenleaf Whittier Author object (377)
"Come you hither, my nine good sonnes,
Gallant men I trowe you bee:
How many of you, my children deare,
Will stand by that good erle and mee?"
"The Rising In The North" by Anonymous British