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📖 Определения и значения для слова goodness

📒 the quality of being good

  • the essential goodness of human nature
  • evidence of God’s goodness
  • (formal) At least have the goodness (= good manners) to look at me when I'm talking to you.

📒 the part of something that has a useful effect on somebody/something, especially somebody’s health

  • These vegetables have had all the goodness boiled out of them.
  • Branches pruned from the trees are shredded so the goodness goes back into the soil.

📒 used to emphasize that you do not know something

  • God knows what else they might find.
  • ‘Where are they?’ ‘Goodness knows.’

📒 used to emphasize the truth of what you are saying

  • She ought to pass the exam—goodness knows she's been working hard enough.

📒 used to express surprise

  • Goodness, what a big balloon!
  • My goodness, you have been busy!
  • Goodness me, no!

📒 used to emphasize that what you are saying is true

  • Honest to God, Mary, I'm not joking.

📒 because of kind feelings, without thinking about what advantage there will be for you

  • You're not telling me he offered to lend you the money out of the goodness of his heart?

📒 used to say that you are pleased about something

  • Thank God you're safe!
  • ‘Thank goodness for that!’ she said with a sigh of relief.
  • Thank heavens I've found my keys.

📒 used after a verb to emphasize a particular hope, wish, etc.

  • I wish to God you'd learn to pay attention!
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