D defs.my
Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Godly

/gäd'-lē/ approx. · God·ly · IPA /ˈɡɑdli/
01 a. Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws; obedient to the commands of God from love for, and reverence of, his character; conform…
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    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.
    “For godly sorrow worketh repentance.” — 2 Cor. vii. 10.
02 adv. Piously; devoutly; righteously.
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    Piously; devoutly; righteously.
    “All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.” — 2. Tim. iii. 12.