gospelly

English

Etymology

From gospel +‎ -y.

Adjective

gospelly (comparative more gospelly, superlative most gospelly)

1. Resembling gospel music
   • 2000, Salman Rushdie, The Ground Beneath Her Feet‎^[1], published 2000, page 539:

     When we reach the piano, Ormus sits down and starts to play a slow, haunting gospelly tune.

Adverb

gospelly (comparative more gospelly, superlative most gospelly)

1. (archaic, Christianity) In the manner of the Gospel
   • 1698, Edward Taylor, “Meditation 25”, in The Poems of Edward Taylor‎^[2], UNC, published 1989, →ISBN, page 129:

     The Ceremonies cease, but yet the Creede / Contained therein, continues gospelly, / That make my feeble Spirits will grow frim.