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devoutly, adv.|dɪˈvaʊtlɪ|
Also 4–6 deuote-: see devout a.
[f. devout a. + -ly2.]
1. In a devout manner; reverently, piously, religiously.
αc1325Metr. Hom. 160 And ilke day deuotely, Herd scho messe of our Lefdye. c1380Wyclif Wks. (1880) 319 To preye deuoteliche. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xv. 69 Ȝe serue ȝour Godd wele and deuotely. c1500How Plowman lerned Pater Noster 42 in Hazl. E.P.P. I. 211 Late me here The saye devotely thy pater noster. 1588A. King tr. Canisius' Catech. 34 Prayers..quhan thay in y⊇ name off Iesus Christ, ar humblie and deuotlie desyrit, helpis mony.
βc1325E.E. Allit. P. B. 814 His two dere doȝterez deuoutly hem haylsed. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) xvii. 76 He serued Godd full deuoutely. c1489Caxton Blanchardyn xxxvii. 137 They sholde deuoutly do baptyse hem self. 1568Knt. of Curtesy 451 She confessed her devoutly tho, And shortely receyved the Sacrament. c1611Donne Poems (1633) 275 Who dream'd devoutlier then most use to pray. 1781Gibbon Decl. & F. II. 137 Julian most devoutly ascribes his miraculous deliverance to the protection of the Gods. 1849James Woodman iv, She crossed herself devoutly.
2. Earnestly, sincerely, fervently.
1602Shakes. Ham. iii. i. 64 'Tis a consummation Deuoutly to be wish'd. 1605Camden Rem. (1637) 349 His devote minde to his Lady hee devoutly, though not religiously shewed. 1795Southey Joan of Arc i. 219 Childhood..Listening with eager eyes and open lips Devoutly in attention. 1814Scott Wav. lxvii, Let us devoutly hope, that..we shall never see the scenes..that were general in Britain Sixty Years since. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 113 Men were then devoutly persuaded that their eternal salvation depended on their having true beliefs. |