good and

== English == === Pronunciation === === Adverb === good and (comparative more good and, superlative most good and) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see good,‎ and. (idiomatic, used as an intensifier) Very; plenty; exceptionally; quite, utterly. Coordinate terms: nice and; all too ==== Usage notes ==== Precedes an adjective or adverb. Only context can distinguish this usage from the more conventional usage in which good functions as an adjective conjoined by and to a second adjective, as in the example below: === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.