Meaning

3 senses

  1. Of or pertaining to a god

    her godly powers = her superhuman powers

    göttlich

    боже́ственныйbožéstvennyj, бо́жийbóžij

    боже́ственнийbožéstvennyj, бо́жийbóžyj

    emanating from God

  2. Devoted to a god or God; devout; holy; righteous.

    fromm

    на́божныйnábožnyj

  3. Gloriously good.

    rechtschaffen

    боже́ственныйbožéstvennyj

Examples

2 sentences

  1. Sami was a godly man.

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  2. Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
of or pertaining to a god:
Русский
By meaning 2
of or pertaining to a god:
devoted to a god or God:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
of or pertaining to a god:
devoted to a god or God:
gloriously good:

Forms

godlier/more godly, godliest/most godly
Comparativegodlier / more godly Lesson
Superlativegodliest / most godly Lesson

regular

Synonyms

54 synonyms
divineB1moralB2worthyB1heavenlyB1holyB1sacredB1continentA2correctA1delicateB1decentB2dutifulC1goodA1honestB1innocentB1
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words
Relatedgodliness
DerivedungodlyB2godlilyovergodlysupergodly

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
godfathergodforsakengodmothergodsendgodson

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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