pious
adjective
having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
piously
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a word derived from
pious.
Example Sentences
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What the “One World” broadcast managed was to replicate something old-fashioned: a big, corny, mass-media entertainment, one that piously affirmed what feel like bedrock, mainstream values.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2020
The show’s wall text piously bills this design as taking a moral stand that chooses cultural transparency over opacity.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2019
He had always been piously against “profiting off the failures of others,” as he put it.
From Slate ● Nov. 27, 2018
He claimed to have learned a lesson from that episode, and now says piously that “taxpayers absolutely have the right to know official travel costs.”
From Washington Post ● Oct. 11, 2017
“I’d like to pass by the church,” says Ofglen, as if piously.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
