godly
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑdli/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɒdli/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑdli, -ɒdli
- Hyphenation: god‧ly
Adjective
editgodly (comparative godlier or more godly, superlative godliest or most godly)
- Of or pertaining to a god
- her godly powers = her superhuman powers
- Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Corinthians 7:10:
- For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
- 1809, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards:
- If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, [...] he is doubtless a godly man [...] if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to Jehovah, he is not a godly man ...
- Gloriously good.
Derived terms
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editof or pertaining to a god
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devoted to a god or God
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gloriously good
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Adverb
editgodly (comparative more godly, superlative most godly)
- In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
- All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.
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