Godly Definition

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• 1 English
  • 1.1 Pronunciation
  • 1.2 Adjective
    • 1.2.1 Translations
  • 1.3 Anagrams

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡɒdli/

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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.
3. Devoted to the single deity of one of the monotheist religions of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.
   • 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 ...

4. Gloriously good.

Anagrams

• goldy

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