godly

Speech parts

1. godly - Noun

2. godly - Adjective

3. godly - Adverb

5. godly - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

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.

Piously; devoutly; righteously.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

worshipful reverent holy god-fearing religious dedicated pure spiritual divine pious righteous devout virtuous saintly saintlike
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Antonyms

satanic godless satanist human naughty miscreant
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Phrases with the word

godly body godly city godly love godly end godly exterminator godly reverence

Derivatives

godlier godliest

Anagrams

dogly Gloyd goldy

Examples

If you can help a person help, if you cannot help - pray, if you do not know how to pray - think about the person in a good way! And this will already be a help, because godly thoughts are also a weapon! Nikolaj Velimirovic

Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life. Jerome

Unique among the nations, America recognized the source of our character as being godly and eternal, not being civic and temporal. And because we have understood that our source is eternal, America has been different. We have no king but Jesus. John Ashcroft

Kings are chosen by the Source, so it is said. [...] Therefore those who fight for the king can be said to be godly. Is that not cause enough? David Gemmell

No rogue like the godly rogue. American Proverb

Peter is so godly that God does not improve his condition. Spanish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

godliness godling godlore godly body godly city godly destroyer