单词 | piously |
释义 | piously (once / 4489 pages) adv WORD FAMILY pious: impious, piousest, piously, piousness+/impious: impiously, impiousness USAGE EXAMPLESThat is, socially liberal, middle-class do-gooders piously informing people that they should care about these various issues. The Guardian(Nov 24, 2016) “With the speed of the ball, it could have killed the girl,” he piously observed, as the tournament referee appeared on the scene. The Guardian(Nov 04, 2016) Watch this show before you hop online to piously declare what these people "should" be doing. New York Times(Oct 07, 2016) adv in a devout and pious manner Syn devoutly |
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