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Meaning of GODLY

Pronunciation:  'gâdlee

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt"-Saturday Rev.
  2. [adj]  showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life"
 
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 Synonyms: divine, heavenly, pious, reverent, worshipful
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. \God"ly\, a. [God, n. + -ly. Cf. {Godlike}, {Like}.]
    Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient
    to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his
    character; conformed to God's law; devout; righteous; as, a
    godly life.
          For godly sorrow worketh repentance.     --2 Cor. vii.
                                                   10.
    
  2. \God"ly\, adv.
    Piously; devoutly; righteously.
          All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
          persecution.                             --2. Tim. iii.
                                                   12.
    
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: angelic, celestial, Christlike, Christly, devoted, devout, divine, empyrean, faithful, God-fearing, godlike, godly-minded, good, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, honest, incarnate, incarnated, intercessional, intercessive, just, made flesh, mediative, mediatory, moral, otherworldly, pietistic, pious, prayerful, propitiative, propitiatory, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, redemptive, religious, reverent, righteous, right-minded, saintlike, saintly, salvational, self-existent, seraphic, spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, superhuman, supernatural, transcendent, unearthly, unworldly, upright, virtuous
 

 

 

 

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