4. Serviceable; suited; adapted; suitable; of use; to be relied upon;
-- followed especially by for.
All quality that is good for anything is founded originally in
merit.
Collier.
5. Clever; skillful; dexterous; ready; handy; -- followed especially by
at.
He . . . is a good workman; a very good tailor.
Shak.
Those are generally good at flattering who are good for nothing
else.
South.
6. Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a
commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligations
incurred; having pecuniary ability; of unimpaired credit.
My reasons are both good and weighty.
Shak.
My meaning in saying he is a good man is . . . that he is
sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond.
Shak.
7. Real; actual; serious; as in the phrases in good earnest; in good
sooth.
Love no man in good earnest.
Shak.
8. Not small, insignificant, or of no account; considerable; esp., in
the phrases a good deal, a good way, a good degree, a good share or
part, etc.