godly
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑdli/ / /ˈɡɒdli/
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English godly From god + -ly (adjectival suffix).
- Of or pertaining to a god
“her godly powers = her superhuman powers”
- Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.
“For godly sorrow worketh repentance.”
“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.
adv
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós? Proto-Germanic *gudą Proto-West Germanic *god Old English god Middle English god English god Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English godly From god + -ly (adverbial suffix).
- In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
“All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.”