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of Juvenal. godly (god'li), a. [Not in ME. or AS. (AS. godlie = OS. gödlic , goodly: see goodly ); = OFries. godlik = D. goddelijk = OHG. gotelih , kotelih , gotlih , MHG. gotelich , götelich , götlich , G. göttlich = Icel. gudhligr = Sw. gudlig = Dan. gudelig ; as god1 +-ly1.] 1. Pious; reverencing God and his character and laws; controlled by religious motives. Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men. Ps. xii. 1.