The King looked at him and seeing him to be yet comelier than his daughter and goodlier than she in stature and proportion and brightness and perfection, said to him, "What is thy name, O my son?
Methinks, there is not on the face of earth a goodlier than he!
Then she, "May Allah cut off my father and gar his kingdom cease from him and heal not his heart neither avert from him strangerhood, if he could desire a comelier than thou or aught goodlier than these fair qualities of thine!
My father dwelleth in the Capital-city of SarandÃb and hath a great and goodly garden, there is nogoodlier in all the land of Hind or its dependencies; and in this garden is a great tank.
Replied the old woman, "Thou must know O my son, that she hath a beautiful garden, than which there is naught goodlier on earth's face and it chanced that she lay there one night.
And Salih continued, "He is handsomer and goodlierthan she; his father was King of all the Persians, whose King he now is, and none is worthy of Jauharah save Badr Basim.
Who hath done thee wrong and what art thou, O wild beast, whose like I never saw in my life nor saw I ever one goodlier of form or more eloquent of tongue than thou?
There is nought goodlier than a lover who is faithful to a cruel beloved one.
There is no goodlier land than our land; everything therein is better than elsewhere and its folk are a pleasant people and bright of face.
Thou hast no sire and I have no son, and I know an art, than which there is no goodlier in the world.
Thou hast no sire and I have no son, and I know an art than which there is no goodlier in the world.
He watched these birds and saw, amongst them, one goodlier than the rest, which pecked the others and flouted them, whilst none of them dared put out a claw to it.
Never in our lives heard we aught goodlierthan this saying!
There was once, of old time, a king and he had a son [named Bihzad], there was not in his day a goodlier than he and he loved to consort with the folk and to sit with the merchants and converse with them.
One day, as he sat in an assembly, amongst a number of folk, he heard them talking of his own goodliness and grace and saying, 'There is not in his time a goodlier than he.
Still deeper and dimmer And goodlier they glow For the eyes of the swimmer Who scans them below As he crosses the zone of their flowerage that knows not of sunshine and snow.
So get thee ready instanter, while that I go within to see my mother and don some goodlier raiment.
What place and what season can be goodlier than this?
So he took the lute and played thereon a wondrous playing, with rare divisions and marvellous modulations, and showed her a passage she knew not; and this was goodlier to her than all that she had gotten.
So she entered and found herself in a long corridor, which led to a Hammam goodlier than that aforetime described, and its cisterns were full of rose water mingled with musk.
Never was there a goodlier feast, nor one set forth with sweeter show and pomp.
Nogent, he had called the damsel at the font, and the dansellon was named Gugemar--no goodlier might be found in any realm.
Beneath the sky was no goodlier steed, nor one more gentle to the hand.
When Launfal had clothed himself therewith, there seemed no goodlier varlet under heaven, for certainly he was fair and true.
My hair was like the flag-flower, And my breasts carvengoodlier Than beryl with chalcedony.
Sweet is the treading of wine, and sweet the feet of the dove; But a goodlier gift is thine than foam of the grapes or love.
There is naught goodlier than a lover who keeps faith * with the beloved who works him scathe.
Who hath done thee wrong and what art thou, O wild beast, whose like in my life I never saw, nor ever espied one goodlier of form or more eloquent of tongue than thou?
Hoskuld was called, and was shown the child, and he thought, as others did, that he had never seen a goodlier or a more noble-looking child.
King Harald said that was an easy matter; for they must say that no goodlier a man had in their days come out of Iceland.
So the question went round till it came to the strange man, who spake in his turn and made a goodlier answer than any of the doctors' replies; and the Caliph approved his speech.
There is no goodlier sight, indeed, for eyes to look upon, Than when one couch in its embrace enfoldeth lovers twain.
Occupy thyself with thine own concerns, for by me and this woman hangeth a rare story, that is yet goodlier than that which thou seest of her beauty; and when we have made an end of our food, I will tell it thee.
So El Anca kissed the queen's feet and lodged them in her palace; whereupon Tuhfeh came up to her and fell to kissing her and saying, 'Never saw I a goodlier than this favour.
After that, there appeared a queen, never saw eyes a goodlierthan she nor than her attributes; she was clad in rich raiment, embroidered with pearls and jewels, and on her head was a crown set with various kinds of pearls and jewels.
Presently she saw a handsome door; so she opened it and found herself in a garden goodlier than the first, never saw eyes a fairer than it.
When his food was dressed, the Arab's wife brought it to the guest, and he looked at the mistress of the tent and saw a favour than which no goodlier might be.
Canst thou covet for thy daughter a goodlier mate than myself and hast ever seen a stouter of heart or a more sufficient or a more glorious in rank and dominion than I?
The man was ugly and foul of favour, but the lady was a marvel of beauty and grace and symmetry; and as for the ebony horse, it was a wonder, never saw eyes aught goodlier than it nor more perfect than its fashion.
So the question went round till it came to the stranger, who spoke in his turn and made a goodlier answer than that of any of the doctors; and the Khalif approved his speech and bade advance him to a higher room.
The King looked at him and seeing him to be yet comelier than his daughter and goodlier than she in symmetry and brightness and perfection, said to him, 'O my son, what is thy name?
Drink not of wine, except it be from the hand of a gazelle, Whose cheek is goodlier than itself and sweeter still his kiss.
His goodliness still goodlier is than that thou knewst of yore, And the hair guardeth him from those his charms would violate.
Sighing weariedly, as one Who sits and gazes on a faded fire, When all the goodlier guests are past away, Sat their great umpire, looking o'er the lists.
To him the King, 'A goodly youth and worth a goodlier boon!
To whom Sir Gareth drew (And there were none but few goodlier than he) Shining in arms, 'Damsel, the quest is mine.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "goodlier" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
