Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GOD'LY
GOD'LY, a. [god-like.]
- Pious; reverencing God, and his character and laws.
- Living in obedience to God's commands, from a principle of love to him and reverence of his character and precepts; religious; righteous; as, a godly person.
- Pious; conformed to God's law; as, a godly life.
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