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Definition: Good And |
Good AndAdverb1. (informal) completely or thoroughly; "when I'm good and ready". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Completeness | Adverb: completely; Adjective: altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite; all out; over head and ears; effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders; neck and heel, neck and crop; in all respects, in every respect; at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes; toto coelo; utterly; clean, clean as a whistle; to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone; hollow, stark; heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Good And |
| English words defined with "good and": Day of Judgement, Day of Judgment, Ditheism, Doomsday, dualism ♦ eden ♦ Fall of Man, for good, For good and all, forbidden fruit ♦ Garden of Eden ♦ idealisation, idealization ♦ Jekyll and Hyde, Judgement Day, Judgment Day ♦ Last Day, Last Judgement, Last Judgment ♦ mediocre, morality, mutual opposition ♦ Onerous cause ♦ polarity ♦ Sworn brothers ♦ Thread and thrum ♦ valuable ♦ White witch, worthful. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "good and": Adamites, Alfar, Apparel, Awake ♦ Bread ♦ Good and All ♦ Horse ♦ lettuce ♦ Manicheism ♦ Peas ♦ rich ♦ Scandal ♦ Tree of the knowledge of good and evil ♦ warranty deed. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "good and": Bonnibel. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I mean, that just screws up my whole idea of good and evil and God. (Reality Bites; writing credit: Ben Stiller, written by Helen Childress.) Caroline, we've talked about this before, and I'll see a therapist when I'm good and ready (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) What if one of us has been good and one of us has been bad (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) A schmuck named Nietzsche once wrote: 'Anything that's done out of love is beyond good and evil (The Invisible Man; writing credit: Craig Silverstein; Jonathan Glassner) Good and evil can't exist without each other, blah blah blah (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Lyrics | YOU GOTTA BE GOOD, YOU GOTTA BE GOOD AND READY TO GO (I Know Where It's At; performing artist: All Saints) And through the good and bad times (Price of Love; performing artist: Bad English) Living with good and bad (All Those Years Ago; performing artist: George Harrison) The money's good and the work is okay (Peaceful World; performing artist: John Mellencamp; writing credit: John Mellencamp) Through the years, through all the good and bad (Through The Years; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) | |
Clever | Be good and you will be lonely. (references; author: Mark Twain) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Good and Guilty (1962) | |
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![]() | Good and bad form illustrated. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | You may fire when I am damn good and ready, Gridley!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles | Without speculation there is no good and original observation. |
Euripides | The good and the wise lead quiet lives. |
Friedrich Nietzsche | Whatever is done for love always occurs beyond good and evil. |
Jean De La Fontaine | We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune. |
Marcus Aurelius | Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil. |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Ignorance of good and evil is the most upsetting fact of human life. |
Samuel Taylor Coleridge | Good and bad men are less than they seem. |
Seneca | Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous. |
William Shakespeare | The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | And these two cases he instances in, differ little from those above mentioned, to be destructive to governments, only that he has omitted the principle from which his doctrine flows: and that is, the breach of trust, in not preserving the form of government agreed on, and in not intending the end of government itself, which is the public good and preservation of property. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Home, for good and all. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | In the meantime, it seems as though we were neutral in the game which is being played between our good and our ill fortune |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He would reward the good and punish the wicked |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Meantime, but think how I may do thee good And be inheritor of thy desire |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A tart lemon custard might taste good and will also provide needed protein and calories. (references) | |
Most cholesterol tests measure the level of total cholesterol in the blood and don't distinguish between good and bad cholesterol. (references) | ||
Business | Industrial relations are good and the U.K. has a low strike record. (references) | |
The recommended payment method for imported good and services is an irrevocable Letter of Credit. (references) | ||
Applications from Israel or Pakistan are considered good and inexpensive for Mexican firms to customize. (references) | ||
Economic History | Mozambique | Relations between the United States and Mozambique are good and steadily improving. (references) |
Slovak Rep | A good and common way to find a local representative is to advertise in a newspaper. (references) | |
Mauritius | The road network is good and a highway runs from the north to the south of the island. (references) | |
Political Economy | THAILAND | Rights-holders report that police cooperation is good and the frequency of raids is climbing. (references) |
Bulgaria | U. S.- Bulgarian bilateral relations are very good and continue to improve steadily improving, reflecting a wide range of shared interests. (references) | |
INDIA | Trademark protection is considered good and was raised to international standards with the passage in December 1999 of a new Trademark Bill that codifies existing court decisions on the use and protection of foreign trademarks, including service marks. (references) | |
Travel | Italy | Medical services are good and hospitals com-pare with those in the United States. (references) |
Cote D'ivoire | In Abidjan, residential housing is good and there is a varied selection of apartments, duplexes and single family homes available. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Bulgaria | Victims of trafficking range from those who were deceived into believing that they would have good and respectable employment, to those who expected to work as prostitutes but were unprepared for the degree of violence and exploitation to which they would be subjected. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | RICH, adj. Holding in trust and subject to an accounting the property of the indolent, the incompetent, the unthrifty, the envious and the luckless. That is the view that prevails in the underworld, where the Brotherhood of Man finds its most logical development and candid advocacy. To denizens of the midworld the word means good and wise. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gary Condit | You know, there's good and bad about that watch box thing. I can't throw the trash away at my house anymore. I happen to do the dishes, but I can't throw the trash away. |
Robert Atkins | Oh, have you got that wrong. If it tastes good, you can stay on it for life. Just pick a healthy food that tastes good and that's what Atkins does. |
Rush Limbaugh | Fox News Poll Finds Good and Bad: There's a new Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll on the economy and it shows just how bad things are out there, folks. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | On my part, you may count on a cordial concurrence in every measure for the public good and on all the information I possess which may enable you to discharge to advantage the high functions with which you are invested by your country. |
James K. Polk | 1845-1849 | Experience has taught us how unnecessary they are as auxiliaries of the public authorities--how impotent for good and how powerful for mischief. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | We sense with all our faculties that forces of good and evil are massed and armed and opposed as rarely before in history. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Last week the Senate lost a good and honest man, Lee Metcalf of Montana. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "good and": beyond the good and the bad ♦ For good and all ♦ good and proper ♦ good and rich stock ♦ he got good and angry ♦ the good and the bad ♦ tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
midnight in the garden of good and evil | 130 |
good and evil | 65 |
beyond good and evil | 56 |
good and plenty | 28 |
garden of good and evil | 12 |
nietzsche beyond good and evil | 10 |
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil | 9 |
good and fruity | 5 |
tree of good and evil | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "good and"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | fis (clan, good and rich stock, kin, kinsman, name, nation, phratry, relative, rich lord family, stock, tribe). (various references) | |
Chinese | 好壞 (good and bad; advantageous and disadvantageous), 善良 (good and honest, kind-hearted). (various references) | |
Czech | opravdu se rozzlobil (he got good and angry). (various references) | |
Danish | deres fuldmagter,fundet i god og behoerig form (found in good and due form, their Full Powers). (various references) | |
Dutch | hun in goede en behoorlijke vorm bevonden volmachten (found in good and due form, their Full Powers). (various references) | |
Finnish | hän ei voi erottaa hyvää pahasta (he cannot distinguish between good and evil). (various references) | |
French | leurs pleins pouvoirs,reconnus en bonne et due forme (found in good and due form). (various references) | |
German | tüchtig (able, proficient, brave, capable, strenuously), ihre als gut und gehoerig befundenen Vollmachten (found in good and due form, their Full Powers). (various references) | |
Greek | τα πληρεξούσια έγγραφά τους που ευρέθησαν εν τάξει (found in good and due form, their Full Powers). (various references) | |
Hungarian | véglegesen (for good, for good and all, permanently), végleg elutasít (to refuse for good and all), végleg eltávozott (to be gone for good and all), végleg elment (to be gone for good and all), végleg (for good, for good and all), lehord vkit (to bawl sy out, to put sy in his place), jól megszid vkit (to dress sy down good and proper), jól (aright, well, nicely), egyszer s mindenkorra (first last and all the time, for good, for good and all, once for all), alaposan megszid vkit (to dress sy down good and proper), alaposan megdorgál vkit (to dress sy down good and proper), alaposan helybenhagyták őket (they got beaten proper), örökre elment (to be gone for good and all), a jók és a rosszak (the good and the bad). (various references) | |
Italian | i loro pieni poteri,riconosciuti in buona e debita forma (found in good and due form, their Full Powers). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 勧善懲悪 (morality play, rewarding good and punishing evil). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎょくせきこんこう (a jumble of wheat and tares, good and bad in a hopeless jumble), ぜんび (completeness, consummation, perfection, the good and the beautiful), ぜんあく (good and evil), ぜんとあく (good and evil), せいだく (good and evil, purity and impurity), かんぜんちょうあく (a novel or drama with a rewarding-good-and-punishing-evil theme, moral purpose, morality play, rewarding good and punishing evil), こうざい (both good and bad, execution by hanging, hanging, merits and demerits, steel material), じゅんりょう (gentle, genuine, good and obedient, innocent, meek, net weight, pure, purity, simple and kind). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oodgay anday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | os seus plenos-poderes,reconhecidos em boa e devida forma (found in good and due form, their Full Powers), além do bem do mal (beyond the good and the bad). (various references) | |
Romanian | pentru totdeauna (for ever, for ever and a day, for ever and ever, for good, for good and all, for keeps, forever, forevermore, outright), definitiv (clearly, conclusive, definitive, definitively, determinate, final, for good and all, indefeasible, last, peremptory, ultimate), cei buni şi cei rãi (the good and the bad). (various references) | |
Spanish | sus plenos poderes reconocidos en buena y debida forma (found in good and due form, their Full Powers). (various references) | |
Turkish | temelli olarak (for good, for good and all, for keeps, permanently). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Energei gar tw andri agaqa panta ton bion |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Gimel reddet ei bonum et non malum omnibus diebus vitae suae |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Gimel. She shal yelde to hym good, and not euel, alle the dayes of hir lif. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 31, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | Siya nagabuhat kaniya sa maayo ug dili sa dautan Sa tibook nga mga adlaw sa iyang kinabuhi. |
| Chinese | 他 一 生 使 丈 夫 有 益 無 損 . |
| Croatian | Ona mu èini dobro, a ne zlo, u sve dane vijeka svojeg. |
| Danish | Hun gør ham godt og intet ondt alle sine Levedage. |
| Dutch | Gimel. Zij doet hem goed en geen kwaad, al de dagen haars levens. |
| Finnish | Hän tekee miehellensä hyvää, ei pahaa, kaikkina elinpäivinänsä. |
| French | Elle lui fait du bien, et non du mal, Tous les jours de sa vie. |
| German | Sie tut ihm Liebes und kein Leides ihr Leben lang. |
| Haitian Creole | Madanm lan p'ap janm aji mal ak mari l', l'ap pase tout lavi l' ap fè l' byen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia tak pernah berbuat jahat kepada suaminya; sepanjang umurnya ia berbuat baik kepadanya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa bininya berbuat baik akan dia, bukannya jahat, seumur hidupnya. |
| Italian | Essa gli dà felicità e non dispiacere per tutti i giorni della sua vita. |
| Maori | He pai tana e mea ai ki a ia, kahore hoki he kino, i nga ra katoa e ora ai ia. |
| Norwegian | Hun gjør ham godt og intet ondt alle sitt livs dager. |
| Portuguese | Guímel. Ela lhe faz bem, e não mal, todos os dias da sua vida. |
| Rumanian | Ea ki face bine, wi nu rqu, kn toate zilele vieyii sale. |
| Russian | ПОБ ЧПЪДБЕФ ЕНХ ДПВТПН, Б ОЕ ЪМПН, ЧП ЧУЕ ДОЙ ЦЙЪОЙ УЧПЕК. |
| Spanish | Le recompensará con bien y no con mal, todos los días de su vida. |
| Swedish | Hon gör honom vad ljuvt är och icke vad lett är, i alla sina levnadsdagar. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-g-n-o-o" | |
-1 letter: ogdoad. | |
-2 letters: donga, gonad. | |
-3 letters: agon, dado, dago, dang, dodo, dona, dong, goad, good, goon. | |
-4 letters: add, ado, ago, and, dad, dag, dog, don, gad, gan, goa, god, goo, nag, nod, nog, noo, odd. | |
-5 letters: ad, ag, an, do, go, na, no, od, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-g-n-o-o" | |
+2 letters: dodecagon, dragooned, gadrooned. | |
+3 letters: dodecagons. | |
+4 letters: downloading, roadholding. | |
+5 letters: roadholdings. | |
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