godly
/'gɔdli/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Emanating from or pertaining to God; divine: Having the qualities of or being like God; holy.
- Devoutly religious; pious: Showing great reverence for God and living a life in accordance with religious principles.
Usage and Examples
Adjective (Divine):
- They sought godly wisdom in making their decision.
- The priest offered a prayer for godly intervention.
Adjective (Pious):
- She was known throughout the village as a godly woman.
- He leads a quiet and godly life, devoted to prayer and charity.
Advanced Usage
- "the godly" (noun, plural): Used to refer to devout or religious people as a group.
- The sermon was intended to inspire the godly to greater acts of compassion.
Variants and Related Words
Godliness (noun): The quality of being godly; piety.
- His life was a model of humility and godliness.
Ungodly (adjective): 1. Not revering God; impious. 2. (Informal) Outrageous or unreasonable (e.g., an ungodly hour).
- The cult was accused of ungodly practices.
- I had to wake up at an ungodly hour to catch the flight.
Synonyms
- Pious: Devoutly religious.
- Devout: Having or showing deep religious feeling or commitment.
- Saintly: Very holy or virtuous.
- Divine: Of, from, or like God or a god.
Antonyms
- Ungodly: Wicked or impious.
- Irreligious: Indifferent or hostile to religion.
- Profane: Not respectful of religious practice; secular.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- God-fearing: Having a deep respect for God, often used similarly to 'godly'.
- They were a god-fearing community.
- Lead a godly life: To live in a pious and morally upright manner.
- His primary aim was to lead a godly life.
Adjective
- emanating from God
- divine judgment
- divine guidance
- everything is black or white...satanic or godly-Saturday Review
- showing great reverence for god
- a godly man
- leading a godly life