piously

1. 1.

   in a devout and pious manner

   “she was devoutly Catholic”

   Synonymsdevoutly

Questions about piously

What does piously mean?

piously means "in a devout and pious manner".

How many syllables are in piously?

piously has 3 syllables: pi-ou-sly. The stress falls on "pi". In IPA it is /ˈpaɪəsli/.

What is another word for piously?

Close synonyms include devoutly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is piously a common word?

piously is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.