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impiously, adv.|ˈɪmpɪəslɪ| [f. impious a. + -ly2.] In an impious manner; with impiety; with presumptuous wickedness or profanity.
1597Daniel Civ. Wars v. (R.), Ungrateful times! that impiously neglect That worth, that never times again shall show. 1693Congreve in Dryden's Persius (1697) 400 So Vnbelievers impiously despise The sacred Oracles, in Mysteries. 1769E. Bancroft Guiana 320 Too many at the altar..impiously enter into engagements, without intending to fulfil them. 1864Skeat Uhland's Poems 314 My sacred ivy thou hast dared profane, And impiously dost call thyself my priest! |