All 3 Uses of
pious
in
Life of Pi
- They imagine this wild animal roaming about the savannah on digestive walks after eating a prey that accepted its lot piously, or going for callisthenic runs to stay slim after overindulging.
Chpt 1-4piously = in a highly religious or moral manner
- Still, it pleased me that this pious baker, as plain as a shadow and of solid health, and the Communist biology teacher and science devotee, the walking mountain on stilts, sadly afflicted with polio in his childhood, carried the same name.
Chpt 17-20pious = religious
- Mr. Patel, Piscine's piety is admirable.
Chpt 21-24 *piety = highly religious belief and behavior
Definition:
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(pious as in: a good, pious woman) religious or highly moral