All 4 Uses of
pious
in
Gone with the Wind
- You pious black ape!†
Chpt 3.30 *
- However, I admired him and tried to copy him far more than I ever did my father, for Father is an amiable gentleman full of honorable habits and pious saws—so you see how it goes.†
Chpt 4.38
- And as for you, giving yourself pious airs about your motherhood, why, a cat's a better mother than you!†
Chpt 5.54
- I was almost afraid from your pious talk that you'd had a change of heart, but I see you've got no more sincerity about the Democrats than about anything else.†
Chpt 5.58
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral