Goodness

Definition

goodness / 'gƱdnǝs / n ၁။ [U] ေကာင္းျခင္း။ ၾကင္နာမႈ။ praise God for his goodness and mercy ❍ her goodness to her old parents ❍ She did it entirely out of the goodness of her heart. ❍ In spite of the bad things he's done I still believe in his essential goodness. ၂။ အာဟာရဓာတ္။ ဩဇာ။ [U] You lose a lot of the goodness in vegetables if you overcook them. ❍ Brown bread is full of goodness. ❍ This soil doesn't have much goodness left in it. ၃။ [sing] ( euph ) ("God" အစားသံုးသည့္ အာေမၮိတ္)။ Goodness, what a big balloon! ❍ Thank goodness (ie expressing relief)! ❍ For goodness' sake (ie expressing protest)! ❍ My goodness/ Goodness me/ Goodness gracious (me) (ie expressing surprise)!

Examples

1. Goodness
2. is it that time already?
3. [goodness me] : Goodness me! You’ve grown!
4. [goodness gracious (me)] : Goodness gracious me! What do you mean?
5. [my goodness (me)] : My goodness
6. it’s warm in here!