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Christ•ly
(krīst′lē),USA pronunciation adj.
Christ′li•ness, n.
- ReligionChristlike.
- bef. 1000; Old English cristlīc (unrecorded in Middle English; modern English Christly apparently a re-formation on the model of godly, manly, etc.); see Christ, -ly