What does godly mean?
Godly means Of or pertaining to a god.
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/ˈɡɑdli/ · adjective
Of or pertaining to a god.
her godly powers = her superhuman powers
For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, [...] he is doubtless a godly man [...] if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to Jehovah, he is not a godly man ...
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.
Use godly when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Godly means Of or pertaining to a god.
Common synonyms include deific, divine, godlike, godly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
her godly powers = her superhuman powers
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