Godly

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: god=ly

CIDE DICTIONARY

Godly, a. [God, n. + -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.  [1913 Webster]
"For godly sorrow worketh repentance."  [1913 Webster]

Godly, adv. 

 Piously; devoutly; righteously.  [1913 Webster]
"All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Godly, adj. religious, pious, devout.

Derivative

godliness n.

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

Godly

Piety

N piety, religion, theism, faith, religiousness, holiness, saintship, religionism, sanctimony, reverence, humility, veneration, devotion, prostration, grace, unction, edification, sanctity, sanctitude, consecration, spiritual existence, odor of sanctity, beauty of holiness, theopathy, beatification, adoption, regeneration, conversion, justification, sanctification, salvation, inspiration, bread of life, Body and Blood of Christ, believer, convert, theist, Christian, devotee, pietist, the good, the righteous, the just, the believing, the elect, Saint, Madonna, Notre Dame, Our Lady, the children of God, the children of the Kingdom, the children of the light, pious, religious, devout, devoted, reverent, godly, heavenly- minded, humble, pure, holy, spiritual, pietistic, saintly, saint-like, seraphic, sacred, solemn, believing, faithful, Christian, Catholic, elected, adopted, justified, sanctified, regenerated, inspired, consecrated, converted, unearthly, not of the earth, ne vile fano, pure-eyed Faith, thou hovering angel girt with golden wings.