Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)In an impious, irreverent, or ungodly manner; ungodlily.
Examples
7 sentencesWhy must you call me at such ungodly hours?
Ziri has an ungodly amount of alcohol in the cooler.
You can't use your sadness as an excuse to be ungodly.
I get up at all sorts of ungodly hours, and I am extremely lazy.
Ziri heard that ungodly roar.
Origin
From Middle English ungodli (“cruelly, maliciously, wickedly; unfairly, unlawfully, wronglFrom Middle English ungodli (“cruelly, maliciously, wickedly; unfairly, unlawfully, wrongly; discourteously, rudely”) [and other forms], from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’), + godli (“excellently; pleasingly, splendidly; courteously, graciously; gladly, willingly; righteously; properly, rightly; at all, possibly; much”). Godli is probably derived from Old English gōdlīċe (“goodly”), from gōd (“good”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to join, unite; to suit”)) + -līċe (suffix forming adverbs); thus, equivalent to un- + good + -ly. The English word is cognate with Middle Dutch ongodelike, ongodlike (modern Dutch ongoddelijk), Middle High German ungöttlich, Swedish ogudelike, ogudlike (both obsolete), ogudligt.
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Forms
more ungodly, most ungodly| Comparative | more ungodly Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most ungodly |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Adverbs of manner — Because it is an -ly adverb