Good and Ready

Good

Good adjective - Having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance.
Usage example: that electrician is good at what he does

Ready and good are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ready" instead an adjective "Good".

Nearby Words: goodness, goodly, goody

Ready

Ready adjective - Being in a state of fitness for some experience or action.

Good and ready are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Good" instead an adjective "Ready".

Nearby Words: readiness, readily, readying, readied

Both words in one sentence

  • You KNEW from the moment that he came into your tender care that you'd have to one day say goodbye, so please, overcome your emotional difficulties now, say a good, long, teary farewell to the stone you wish was your lover and your son, and come back when you're good and ready.
  • He assures them that there's plenty of traditional badassery to go around but that he'll get to it when he's good and ready.
  • Made of Iron She died after that, but she didn't go until she was good and ready and she still outlived Gamzee!
    Source: Made of Iron
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