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PIOUSLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does piously mean?
• PIOUSLY (adverb)
The adverb PIOUSLY has 1 sense:
1. in a devout and pious manner
Familiarity information: PIOUSLY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a devout and pious manner
Synonyms:
devoutly; piously
Context example:
she was devoutly Catholic
Pertainym:
pious (having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity)
Context examples
God won't be so cruel as to take you from me, cried poor Jo rebelliously, for her spirit was far less piously submissive than Beth's.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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