Godly

Pronunciation

• GenAm IPA: /ˈɡɑdli/
• RP IPA: /ˈɡɒdli/
• Hyphenation: god + ly

Origin

god + -ly

Full definition of godly

Adjective

1. Of or pertaining to a godher godly powers = her superhuman powers
2. Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.
• Bible, 2 Corinthians vii. 10For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
• 1809, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President EdwardsIf 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 ...
3. Gloriously good.

Adverb

1. In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.

Anagrams

• goldy