All 6 Uses of
pious
in
Alias Grace
- Agnes, who was very pious as I have told you, said The wages of sin is death.
Chpt 6pious = religious
- ... for a woman as pious as she was, she lied very well;
Chpt 6 *
- Simon is a little surprised: surely it is the duty of the clergy to encourage pious eyewash.
Chpt 7
- He claimed you intended to murder Nancy and Mr. Kinnear by putting poison into their porridge, and that you repeatedly urged him to help you; which he very piously refused to do.
Chpt 8piously = faithfully or morally
- The town is too small and he is too conspicuous, his position too precarious, the Governor's wife too pious, the enemies of Reform too ubiquitous.
Chpt 9pious = religious
- The Governor's wife wears an expression of yearning piety, tempered with resignation, whereas Reverend Verringer manages to look both benign and disapproving; there's a glinting around his eyes as if he's wearing spectacles, although he is not.
Chpt 13piety = religious belief
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