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comparative godlier or more godly, superlative godliest or most godly
Of or pertaining to a god examples
Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous. quotations examples
For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], 2 Corinthians 7:10
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 ...
1809, Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards
Gloriously good. examples
comparative more godly, superlative most godly
In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously. examples