All 3 Uses of
pious
in
In Cold Blood
- a timid, pious, delicate girl named Bonnie Fox,
Chpt 1 *pious = behaving in a highly moral or religious manner
- However, Herb was handsome, he was pious, he was strong-willed, he wanted her-and she was in love.
Chpt 1pious = highly religious or moral
- Even Perry, though he was contemptuous of any exhibition of piety, felt "upset" when he heard Willie-Jay sing "The Lord's Prayer"; the hymn's grave language sung in so credulous a spirit moved him, made him wonder a little at the justice of his contempt.
Chpt 1piety = religion
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral