(of a person) believing strongly in a particular religion and obeying its laws and practices:
a devout Christian / Muslim
devoutly adverb:
She devoutly (= very strongly) hoped he was telling the truth. * a devoutly Catholic region
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for devout is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is devout a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, devout is tagged as adjective.
Does devout appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — devout appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
