goodness
that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,219 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,884 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- that which is pleasing or valuable or useful also: good weigh the good against the badamong the highest goods of all are happiness and self-realization
- moral excellence or admirableness also: good there is much good to be found in people
goodness in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
-
What have principles to do with it for goodness sake?
Plays : First Series · John Galsworthy · Chapter 1
-
Oh, my good gracious! dear me, good gracious! gracious, goodness, me!
Representative Plays by American Dramatists — Love in '76 · Oliver Bell Bunce · Chapter 1
-
I will never forget your goodness to me nor cease to love you.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
-
It thanked the Princess most heartily for her goodness, and said that its sufferings had already been greatly lessened.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
-
Thank goodness, Smith always has thought me mad, and is consequently never surprised at anything I ask him to do.
The Little Nugget · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 1