Goodly vs Godly - What's the difference?
goodly | godly |
(archaic) good, pleasing in appearance
* , A Ballad of Death , lines 26–27
(archaic) Quite large; considerable.
(obsolete) In a goodly way; courteously, graciously.
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*:Thenne he sente for the thre knyghtes & they came afore hym / and he cryed hem mercy of that he had done to them / and they forgaf hit hym goodely and he dyed anone / Whanne the kynge was dede / alle the cyte was desmayed and wyst not who myghte be her kynge
*, II.ix:
*:Goodly she entertaind those noble knights, / And brought them vp into her castle hall.
(obsolete) Excellently.
:(Spenser)
Of or pertaining to a god
Devoted to a god or God; devout; righteous.
* Bible, 2 Corinthians vii. 10
* 1809 , Jonathan Edwards, The Works of President Edwards
Gloriously good.
In a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.
As adjectives the difference between goodly and godly
is that goodly is good, pleasing in appearance while godly is of or pertaining to a god.As adverbs the difference between goodly and godly
is that goodly is in a goodly way; courteously, graciously while godly is in a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.goodly
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) goodly, goodlich, .Adjective
(er)- ''O Sin, thou knowest that all thy shame in her
- ''Was made a goodly thing
- a goodly sum of money
- walking at a goodly pace
Etymology 2
From (etyl) goodly, goodliche, .Adverb
(er)godly
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- her godly powers = her superhuman powers
- For godly sorrow worketh repentance.
- If you would know what a man is, whether he be a godly man or not, you must inquire what his God is. If the true God be he whom he respects as his God, ''[...]'' he is doubtless a godly''' man ''[...]'' if the man have some other god, something else to which he pays a greater respect than to , he is not a '''godly man ...
Adverb
(en adverb)- All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. — 2. Tim. iii. 12.