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When the evening bells pealed out for church he still dawdled in the undevotional atmosphere of the Wintons' drawing-room.

From The Call of the Town A Tale of Literary Life by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir

The prayer, without being intended, was formal, unimpressive, and undevotional; the singing was languid; but we expected that the sermon would arouse the inattentive, and invigorate the dull.

From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph

Not that there are no fine things in his sacred music; only they are rare, and the spirit of the whole is utterly undevotional.

From Haydn by Runciman, John F.

Discussing the general question of religion, he speaks of the Japanese as "essentially undevotional," but he guards against the inference that they are therefore specially immoral.

From Evolution Of The Japanese, Social And Psychic by Gulick, Sidney Lewis

His use of biblical names was quite eccentric, which caused the undevotional members of his audience to snigger audibly.

From Looking Seaward Again by Runciman, Walter