godly

English

Etymology

god +‎ -ly

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑdli/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɒdli/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑdli, -ɒdli
Hyphenation: god‧ly

Adjective

godly (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; 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

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
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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Korean: ^{(please verify)} 신성한 (sinseonghan)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} santo (es)

Adverb

godly (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.

Anagrams

Gloyd, Goldy, dogly, goldy

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