All 5 Uses of
pious
in
Don Quixote
- ...Virgil, too, shows us in the person of AEneas the virtue of a pious son and the sagacity of a brave and skilful captain; not representing or describing them as they were, but as they ought to be, so as to leave the example of their virtues to posterity.
Chpt 1.25-26pious = highly moral
- He can set forth the craftiness of Ulysses, the piety of AEneas, the valour of Achilles, the misfortunes of Hector, theā¦
Chpt 1.47-48piety = highly moral behavior
- AEneas was not in truth and earnest so pious as Virgil represents him, nor Ulysses so wise as Homer describes him.
Chpt 2.3-4pious = highly moral
- Pious, well-meant reproof requires a different demeanour and arguments of another sort; at any rate, to have reproved me in public, and so roughly, exceeds the bounds of proper reproof, for that comes better with gentleness than with rudeness;
Chpt 2.31-32pious = moral (well-intentioned)
- He applauded her pious resolution, and offered to accompany her whithersoever she wished,
Chpt 2.59-50 *pious = highly moral
Definitions:
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(1)
(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral
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(2)
(pious as in: a pious hypocrite) self-righteous (acting as though one is, or believing one is highly moral when it is not true)
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(3)
(pious as in: cling to the pious hope) (describing a hope or wish as) sincere, but highly unlikely