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piously, adv.|ˈpaɪəslɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a pious manner; with pious motive or intention; devoutly, religiously; loyally, dutifully (arch.).
1611Cotgr., Pieusement, piously, religiously, deuoutly, holily. 1634W. Tirwhyt tr. Balzac's Lett. (vol. I) 207 You are piously to believe divers sots to be sufficient men, since the world will have it so. 1741Middleton Cicero II. viii. 180 She was most affectionately and piously observant of her Father. 1788Gibbon Decl. & F. I. (1846) V. 19 A royal captive was piously slaughtered by the prince of the Saracens, the ally and soldier of the emperor Justinian. 1887Ruskin Præterita II. 126 If you do a foolish thing, you suffer for it exactly the same, whether you do it piously or not.
Comb.1697G. Burghope Disc. Relig. Assemb. 13 The piously-inclin'd may be directed in so great a duty. 1870J. H. Newman Gram. Assent i. iv. 55 The mass of piously-minded..people in all ranks. |