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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Godly \God"ly\, adjective [God, noun + -ly. Cf. {Godlike}, {Like}.] 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Godly \God"ly\, adverb Piously; devoutly; righteously.
All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. --2. Tim. iii. 12.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
godly
adjective
1: showing great reverence for god; "a godly man"; "leading a godly life" [syn: {reverent}, {worshipful}]
2: emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godlyt"-Saturday Rev. [syn: {divine}] [also: {godliest}, {godlier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
55 Moby Thesaurus words for "godly": Christlike, Christly, God-fearing, angelic, celestial, devoted, devout, divine, empyrean, faithful, godlike, godly-minded, good, heavenly, holy, holy-minded, honest, incarnate, incarnated, intercessional, intercessive, just, made flesh, mediative, mediatory, moral, otherworldly, pietistic, pious, prayerful, propitiative, propitiatory, pure, pure in heart, purehearted, redemptive, religious, reverent, right-minded, righteous, saintlike, saintly, salvational, self-existent, seraphic, spiritual, spiritual-minded, straight, superhuman, supernatural, transcendent, unearthly, unworldly, upright, virtuous
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