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# piously

«piously» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Piously means in a religious way, or in a way that shows you are very devout or good. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piously/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories, a character speaks or acts with a holy air, sometimes to seem more good than they are

### examples

- "Riches come from Ram," he said piously. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piously/#x1)
- The robber said piously, "May the gods protect my going." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piously/#x2)
- She piously accepted what the gods wished for her. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piously/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «piously» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/piously/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.