godly

English

Etymology

From god +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdli/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdli/

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• Rhymes: -ɑdli, -ɒdli
• Hyphenation: god‧ly

Adjective

godly (comparative godlier or more godly, superlative godliest or most godly)

1. Of or pertaining to a god

   her godly powers = her superhuman powers

2. 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 ...

3. Gloriously good.

Derived terms

• godlily
• godliness
• ungodly

Translations

of or pertaining to a god

Arabic: إِلٰهِيّ (ʔilāhiyy) Belarusian: бо́скі (bóski), бо́жы (bóžy) Bengali: এলাহী (elahi) Bulgarian: бо́жи (bóži), боже́ствен (bg) (božéstven) Chinese: Mandarin: 神的 (zh) (shén de), 神般的 (shén bān de) Czech: božský (cs), boží (cs) Finnish: jumalallinen (fi) French: divin (fr) German: göttlich (de) Greek: θεϊκός (el) (theïkós) Irish: diaga Lithuanian: dieviškas Macedonian: божествен (božestven), божји (božji) Polish: boski (pl), boży (pl) Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj), бо́жий (ru) (bóžij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: божа̀нскӣ, бо̏жјӣ Roman: božànskī (sh), bȍžjī (sh) Slovak: boží, božský Slovene: božánski, božji Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: bóžy, bogojski Swedish: gudomlig (sv) Ukrainian: боже́ственний (uk) (božéstvennyj), бо́жий (uk) (bóžyj)

devoted to a god or God

Bulgarian: на́божен (bg) (nábožen), благочести́в (bg) (blagočestív) Chinese: Mandarin: 虔誠／虔诚 (zh) (qiánchéng), 敬神 (zh) (jìngshén) Finnish: jumalinen (fi) French: pieux (fr) German: fromm (de) Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌿𐌳𐍃 (gaguds) Greek: ευσεβής (el) (efsevís) Irish: diaganta Ottoman Turkish: شریف (şerif) Plautdietsch: fromm Polish: pobożny (pl) Russian: на́божный (ru) (nábožnyj) Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)

gloriously good

Chinese: Mandarin: 光榮／光荣 (zh) (guāngróng) Finnish: jumalainen (fi) French: divin (fr) German: rechtschaffen (de) Greek: θεϊκός (el) (theïkós) Lithuanian: dieviškas Polish: boski (pl) Russian: боже́ственный (ru) (božéstvennyj) Swedish: gudomlig (sv)

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Adverb

godly (comparative more godly, superlative most godly)

1. In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.

   All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.

Anagrams

• Gloyd, Goldy, dogly, goldy