godly
pronunciation
How to pronounce godly in British English:
UK [ˈgɒdli]
How to pronounce godly in American English:
US [ˈgɑdli]
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- Adjective:
- showing great reverence for god
- emanating from God
Word Origin
- godly (adj.)
- late 14c., from god + -ly (1). Perhaps earlier, but due to identical spelling in Middle English it is difficult to distinguish from goodly. Related: Godlily.
Example
- 1. God also speaks through godly bible teachers .
- 2. The greater your desire to be godly the more you will offend people committed to unbelief and sin and relativism .
- 3. What he needs is to become a new person with a changed cleansed heart and a godly nature .
- 4. All these ministers are godly men of faith , with impeccable integrity , but have themselves been suffering with severe illnesses .
- 5. Saul thinks he is doing god 's work ; in reality , the really godly mourn for and bury the first christian martyr .