piously
/pahy-uhs/US // ˈpaɪ əs //UK // (ˈpaɪəs) //
虔诚地,虔诚,虔诚的
Related Words
saintly圣洁的,神圣的,圣人,圣人的righteous公正的,正义的,正义,公正devout虔诚的,虔诚,虔诚的教徒,虔诚的人sanctimonious道貌岸然,神圣的,道貌岸然的人,神圣主义的born-again重生者,重生的人,重生,重生的clerical文职,文员,文书,文职人员devoted忠诚的,忠心耿耿的,忠心耿耿,忠心的divine神圣的,神奇的,神圣,神奇ecclesiastical教会,教会主义,教会的,教会式godly虔诚的,敬虔的,属神的,虔诚goody-goody好样的,好孩子,乖巧可爱,乖巧orthodox正统的,正统,正统派,正统主义reverent虔诚的,虔诚,虔诚地,尊敬的sacred神圣的,神圣,圣洁的,神聖的spiritual精神,灵性,精神上的,精神方面prayerful祈祷的,虔诚的祈祷,祈祷,祷告的priestly祭司,牧师,牧师式,祭司的
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- : characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.
- : practiced or used in the name of real or pretended religious motives, or for some ostensibly good object; falsely earnest or sincere: a pious deception.
- : of or relating to religious devotion; sacred rather than secular: pious literature.
- : having or showing appropriate respect or regard for parents or others.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
In a typical sally, Nixon piously intoned, “I know what it means to be poor.”
As soon as any become vacant, I shall take care to provide for them as speedily as possible, as your Majesty so piously orders me.
At the middle altar was the mandarin, piously engaged in prayer, while two stood beside him, fanning him with large fans.
The festivals were more numerous in Rome than in Greece, and perhaps were more piously observed.
But at a period more piously illiterate, things of this shadowy nature were linked very closely to objects of a material kind.
At one side of the chancel arch there is a reading desk, which looks piously at a pulpit, made just like it, on the opposite side.
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