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ˈgodlily, adv. Now rare.
Cf. godly adv.
[f. Godly a. + -ly2.]
In a godly fashion.
1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Mark ii, 27, 28 He breaketh the Sabboth daye godlily, who..breaketh it onely for the good zeale he hath to helpe his euen Christen. 1561tr. Calvin's 4 Godly Serm. agst. Idol. A iv b, Albeit God doeth geue vs at this time liberty to serue him purely and godlilye. 1652J. Collinges Caveat for Prof. xii. (1653) 66 Feast-dayes..holily and godlily celebrated. 1691Norris Pract. Disc. 319 Teaching us, that..we should live Soberly, Righteously and Godlily. 1798Coleridge Let. 20 Oct. Lett. (1895) I. 264 This invaluable and infallible Medicine has been godlily extracted therefrom by the slow processes of the Sun. |