Get to know Piously better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like devoutly.
Piously meaning
in a pious manner
Synonyms of Piously
Using Piously
- The main meaning on this page is: in a pious manner
- Useful related words include: impiously, devoutly.
Context around Piously
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Piously
- In this selection, "piously" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, johnson, refer, cloaks and raise stand out and add context to how "piously" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and refer piously to the and james we piously raise the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "piously" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with piously
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That's the point of being a human,' she said piously. (11 words)
They’re also parodied as missionaries who think in lockstep and refer piously to the McKinsey Way. (17 words)
Paraphrasing Wm James, we piously raise the banner of high morality while we march down the road of pure self-interest. (21 words)
Johnson piously cloaks himself in both the Christian gospel and libertarian myth of “free markets,” yet he has consistently pushed government action to restrict competition and protect drug monopolies. (29 words)
Those who speak most piously of European unity have been hypocritical in rejecting Macron’s maxim that underpinning “Irish peace” is essential to that objective, not an optional extra. (29 words)
Paraphrasing Wm James, we piously raise the banner of high morality while we march down the road of pure self-interest. (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
Johnson piously cloaks himself in both the Christian gospel and libertarian myth of “free markets,” yet he has consistently pushed government action to restrict competition and protect drug monopolies.
That's the point of being a human,' she said piously.
Paraphrasing Wm James, we piously raise the banner of high morality while we march down the road of pure self-interest.
They’re also parodied as missionaries who think in lockstep and refer piously to the McKinsey Way.
Those who speak most piously of European unity have been hypocritical in rejecting Macron’s maxim that underpinning “Irish peace” is essential to that objective, not an optional extra.