piously
/ˈpaɪəsli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "it is a marvel that any man, virtuously and piously disposed, should be so partially and zealously affected in a cause that has neither truth nor any honest usefulness in it."
- "...Balgruntie was bent on makin' the attempt, especially after he heard that the castle was well vittled, an' indeed he was meritoriously joined by his men, who piously licked their lips on hearin' of such glad tidin's."
- "The king seals his faith in Cranmer with what is piously not quite an oath (a more Henrician than Protestant one): 'God's blest mother, | I swear he is true-hearted' (154–5)."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pewH- Proto-Italic *pīosder. Latin piusbor. English pious Middle English -ly English -ly English piously From pious + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more piously (comparative)
most piously (superlative)