godly
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɡɑdli/
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/ˈɡɑdli/ · /ˈɡɒdli/
Definition of godly
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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Of or pertaining to a god
“her godly powers = her superhuman powers”
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adj
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Of or pertaining to a god
“her godly powers = her superhuman powers”
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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
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In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
“All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From god + -ly (adjectival suffix).
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