Both Uses of
devout
in
Babbitt
- From this thought he shuddered away, and listened devoutly to Eathorne's ideas on the advancement of the Sunday School, which were very clear and very bad.†
Chpt 17 *
- Most of the men slouched in their chairs and wriggled, while their wives sat rigidly at attention, but two of them—red-necked, meaty men—were as respectably devout as their wives.†
Chpt 30
Definition:
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(devout) very religious; or having enthusiastic support (for something)