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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

agood en · ADV

Pronunciation

  • /əˈɡʊd/

Etymology

From a- + good.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, obsolete) In earnest; heartily; in good earnest.
    • […]And, at that time I made her weep a-good, / For I did play a lamentable part: c. 1590–1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]: