godly

[ god-lee ]

/ ˈgɒd li /

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adjective, god·li·er, god·li·est.

conforming to the laws and wishes of God; devout; pious.

coming from God; divine.

OTHER WORDS FOR godly

1 religious, saintly, holy, righteous, good.

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OPPOSITES FOR godly

1 wicked, impious.

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Origin of godly

First recorded before 1000; Middle English; Old English godlīc; God + -ly

OTHER WORDS FROM godly

god·li·ness, noun

Words nearby godly

God knows, godless, godlike, godliness, godling, godly, God-man, godmother, Godolias, Godolphin, godown

How to use godly in a sentence

His fast remixes have transformed 21 Savage’s dour murmurs into angel whispers and Pop Smoke’s godly baritone into the voice of a suave norm.
Florida’s ‘fast’ rap remixes are speeding up another endless summer|Chris Richards|July 22, 2021|Washington Post
Proving that while his people would likely have granted him immortality in death, he probably should have left the godly PR campaign to others while he enjoyed eternal slumber.
The Empires You Didn’t Learn in School|Sean Culligan|March 24, 2021|Ozy
Bradford concentrated on the Pilgrims’ struggle to create their godly community.
How America Keeps Adapting the Story of the Pilgrims at Plymouth to Match the Story We Need to Tell|Peter C. Mancall|December 17, 2020|Time
He and his wife immediately start to think of this peculiar child as not just otherworldly, but godly.
7 daring movie adaptations of literary classics|Allegra Frank|August 28, 2020|Vox

Never has he been more mortal—struck dumb and slow, crumbs spilling down his shirt—and never have we deemed him more godly.
The Stacks: The True Greatness of Muhammad Ali|Peter Richmond|February 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Michael Kazin is the author, most recently, of A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan and is co-editor of Dissent.
The Left's Fleeting Wins|Michael Kazin|March 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST
If it pleased the godly it was a god-send for Bunn whose exchequer it filled to repletion.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Only they saw deeper and truer into their profession, and found the secret of a true, happy, honourable and godly life.
Third class in Indian railways|Mahatma Gandhi
The last few years have added to the Church of Scotland a high proportion of godly and devoted ministers.
The Ordinance of Covenanting|John Cunningham
In Connaught and other Irish districts ‘the godly,’ as the few Protestants esteemed themselves, thought it prudent to hide.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3)|Richard Bagwell
It was to their credit that they sought out godly men, to whom they might entrust the cure of souls.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie

British Dictionary definitions for godly

godly

/ (ˈɡɒdlɪ) /

adjective -lier or -liest

having a religious character; pious; devouta godly man

Derived forms of godly

godliness, noun

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