All 3 Uses of
devout
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- She read or had read to her his chapbooks preferring them to the Merry Wives and, loosing her nightly waters on the jordan, she thought over Hooks and Eyes for Believers' Breeches and The most Spiritual Snuffbox to Make the Most Devout Souls Sneeze.†
Chpt 9 *
- STEPHEN: (Devoutly) And sovereign Lord of all things.†
Chpt 15
- From inside information extending over a series of years Mr Bloom was rather inclined to poohpooh the suggestion as egregious balderdash for, pending that consummation devoutly to be or not to be wished for, he was fully cognisant of the fact that their neighbours across the channel, unless they were much bigger fools than he took them for, rather concealed their strength than the opposite.†
Chpt 16
Definition:
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(devout) very religious; or having enthusiastic support (for something)