All 8 Uses of
pious
in
Main Street
- Pious families in Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities.
Chpt 1pious = highly religious
- He was, in fact, a museum specimen of what a small town, a well-disciplined public school, a tradition of hearty humor, and a pious mother could produce from the material of a courageous and ingenious mind.
Chpt 9pious = highly religious and moral
- It was impossible to sit on it without folding the hands and listening piously.
Chpt 11piously = in a manner that appears religious
- Mrs. Bogart spoke of the eloquence of the Reverend Mr. Zitterel, the coldness of cold days, the price of poplar wood, Dave Dyer's new hair-cut, and Cy Bogart's essential piety.
Chpt 15piety = highly religious and moral behavior
- I goes in, pious as Widow Bogart, and sits still and never cracks a smile while the preacher is favoring us with his misinformation on evolution.
Chpt 26pious = highly religious and moral
- The congregation had doffed their piety. Children tumbled under the tables, and...
Chpt 30piety = religious (or worshipping) behavior
- Dear, don't speak so bitter about 'pious' people.
Chpt 32 *pious = highly religious and moral
- A rich farming-center in New Jersey, off the railroad, furiously pious, ruled by old men, unbelievably ignorant old men, sitting about the grocery talking of James G. Blaine.
Chpt 37pious = highly religious
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral