[syn: divine, godly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Godly \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.
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For godly sorrow worketh repentance. --2 Cor. vii.
10.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Godly \God"ly\, adv.
Piously; devoutly; righteously.
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All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer
persecution. --2. Tim. iii.
12.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
godly
adj 1: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading
a godly life" [syn: godly, reverent, worshipful]
2: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance";
"everything is black or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday
Review [syn: divine, godly]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "godly":
Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, angelic, celestial, devoted,
devout, divine, empyrean, faithful, 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, right-minded, righteous,
saintlike, saintly, salvational, self-existent, seraphic,
spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, superhuman, supernatural,
transcendent, unearthly, unworldly, upright, virtuous