(superl.) Of pleasing appearance or character; comely; graceful; as, a goodly person; goodly raiment, houses.
(superl.) Large; considerable; portly; as, a goodly number.
Example Sentences:
(1) Patients with papillary carcinoma with a good cell-mediated immune response occurred with much lower infiltration of the tumor boundary with lymphocyte whereas the follicular carcinoma less cell-mediated immunity was associated with dense lymphocytic infiltration, suggesting the biological relevance of lymphocytic infiltration may be different for the two histologic variants.
(2) There was appreciable variation in toothbrush wear among subjects, some reducing their brush to a poor state in 2 weeks whereas with others the brush was rated as "good" after 10 weeks.
(3) The predicted non-Lorentzian line shapes and widths were found to be in good agreement with experimental results, indicating that the local orientational order (called "packing" by many workers) in the bilayers of small vesicles and in multilamellar membranes is substantially the same.
(4) I want to get some good insight before I make my decision,” said Hiddink.
(5) In cardiac tissue the adenylate system is not a good indicator of the energy state of the mitochondrion, even when the concentrations of AMP and free cytosolic ADP are calculated from the adenylate kinase and creatine kinase equilibria.
(6) Squadron Leader Kevin Harris, commander of the Merlins at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand, praised the crews, adding: "The Merlins will undergo an extensive programme of maintenance and cleaning before being packed up, ensuring they return to the UK in good order."
(7) This new observation offers good possibilities to study the metabolism of tryptophan at the cellular level.
(8) "We have a good reputation, so this won't affect us at all.
(9) Hoursoglou thinks a shortage of skilled people with a good grounding in core subjects such as maths and science is a potential problem for all manufacturers.
(10) She was organised, good with people, very grown up and quickly proved herself to be indispensable.
(11) Reasonably good agreement is seen between theoretical apparent rate-vesicle concentration relationships and those measured experimentally.
(12) Critics say he is unelectable as prime minister and will never be able to implement his plans, but he has nonetheless pulled attention back to an issue that many thought had gone away for good.
(13) In addition to the 89 cases of sudden and unexpected death before the age of 50 (preceded by some modification of the patient's life style in 29 cases), 11 cases were symptomatic and 5 were transplanted with a good result.
(14) A conventional liquid chromatograph with a low capacity column and a conductimetric detector is used to analyze aerosols of Cl-, Br-, NO-3 and SO=4 with good results.
(15) "We do not think the Astra management have done a good job on behalf of shareholders.
(16) Good fixation was obtained in 4 cases using Steffee's devices.
(17) Richard Hill, deputy chief executive at the Homes & Communities Agency , said: "As social businesses, housing associations already have a good record of re-investing their surpluses to build new homes and improve those of their existing tenants.
(18) The aim of the present study was to bring forward data of acceptance of dental treatment for 3-16-yr-old children in a population with good dental health and annual dental care, and to evaluate the influence on acceptance of age, sex, residential area, and previous experience and present need of dental treatment.
(19) Communicating sustainability is a subtle attempt at doing good Read more And yet, in environmental terms it is infinitely preferable to prevent waste altogether, rather than recycle it.
(20) Faisal Abu Shahla, a senior official in Fatah, an organisation responsible for a good deal of repression of its own when it was in power, accuses Hamas of holding 700 political prisoners in Gaza as part of a broad campaign to suppress dissent.
Sizable
Definition:
(a.) Of considerable size or bulk.
(a.) Being of reasonable or suitable size; as, sizable timber; sizable bulk.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
(2) Thus, the presence of a sizable group of individuals, with a clinically significant different metabolism of 1,4-dihydropyridine due to genetic factors is unlikely.
(3) In this second report a sizable proportion of the men reported a history of otitis or otorrhea but had normal tympanic membranes.
(4) A sizable number of Americans (many of low income) lack health insurance, and their ranks grew over the 1980s.
(5) Yet, on both Saturday and Sunday, the opposition appeared unable to organise the sizable anti-election rally it had promised.
(6) Sizable deposits of calcium in the region of the mitral anulus, posterior to the mitral valve, appeared to contribute to the outflow tract narrowing.
(7) The first two methods did not markedly affect alcohol consumption despite a sizable decrease in the brain 5-hydroxytryptamine level: 69 per cent in the raphé-lesioned group and 31 per cent in the 5,6-dihydroxytryptamine-treated group.
(8) These two experimental approaches provide direct evidence for the presence in cultured rabbit aortic smooth muscle cells of a sizable pool of alpha 1-adrenergic receptors in excess of those needed for maximum NE-stimulated 45Ca efflux.
(9) The promise of recovery with short-term, focused intervention appears to be misleading, as a sizable proportion of patients with pathologic grief will be unresponsive to treatment.
(10) In fact, the issue of whether the LDF is activated by the abdominals or the latissimus dorsi is irrelevant because neither strategy appeared able to generate sizable extensor moments in the type of lift studied.
(11) Our results suggest that at least a sizable portion of the active center of the enzyme responsible of biosynthesis of ceramide-phosphoethanolamine is located on the external side of liver plasma membrane and that the other is embedded in the membrane interior and is not accessible to trypsin, even in the presence of detergent.
(12) A sizable portion of their energies was expended in enhancing the quality of life in their communities and the nation.
(13) A sizable list of agents that increase cyclic AMP levels now includes adenosine (Ra), epinephrine (beta), glucocorticosteroids, histamine (H2), prostaglandins (A, E), and bacterial products (lipopolysaccharide, cholera toxin).
(14) Cattle tuberculosis was eradicated in Denmark more than 10 years ago, but still a sizable proportion of Danish tuberculin reactors owe their sensitivity to tuberculous infection derived from bovine sources.
(15) A sizable segment of the population was found to be taking large quantities of vitamin C to reduce the number or severity of upper respiratory infections.
(16) Combining technologies allowed us to continue taking advantage of our sizable investment in money, time, and customization while providing a microcomputer-based report module.
(17) Partial competition, or some interaction for the same or overlapping sites, was characterized by an extent of fluorescence quenching in the presence of two quinones that was more effective than either quinone alone but not as sizable as that expected when the two quinones act independently.
(18) A collateral benefit was a sizable posttraining decrease in the amount of stuttering.
(19) Several radiation surveys, at medical linear accelerator facilities where lead or steel had been used with concrete to fabricate the primary barriers, revealed the existence of a sizable neutron field outside the shielding.
(20) None of the studies discussed has considered the possibility that the link between life events and heavy drinking reflects the activities of a sizable subgroup of women described as "sociopathic" alcoholics, the disturbance producing an excess of both events and excessive alcohol consumption.