Godly vs Strict - What's the difference?
godly | strict | Related terms |
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.
Strained; drawn close; tight.
Tense; not relaxed.
Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously nice.
Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
* {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
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(botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
Severe in discipline.
Godly is a related term of strict.
As adjectives the difference between godly and strict
is that godly is of or pertaining to a god while strict is strained; drawn close; tight.As an adverb godly
is in a godly manner; piously; devoutly; righteously.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.
Anagrams
*strict
English
Adjective
(er)- strict embrace
- strict ligature
- strict fiber
- to keep strict watch
- to pay strict attention
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- very strict in observing the Sabbath
- to understand words in a strict sense
