1 having or showing a deep respect for God and religion:
pious acts
OPPIMPIOUS
seealsoPIETY
2 (disapproving) pretending to be religious, moral or good in order to impress other people:
pious sentiments * He dismissed his critics as pious do-gooders.
3 ~ hope something that you want to happen but is unlikely to be achieved:
Such reforms seem likely to remain little more than pious hopes.
piously adverb:
'There's no need for bad language,' said Edward piously.
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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 pious is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is pious a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, pious is tagged as adjective.
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