Devoutly
[di'vautli]
Definition
(adv.) in a devout and pious manner; 'she was devoutly Catholic'.
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Definition
(adv.) In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously.
(adv.) Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.
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Examples
- My own small income (I devoutly wish that my grandfather had left it to the Ocean rather than to me! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- As he said this, he most devoutly and earnestly hoped he could not. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- O yes, Mas'r, said Topsy, with another twinkle, her hands still devoutly folded. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Mrs. Hatch's MILIEU was one which he had once assiduously frequented, and now as devoutly shunned. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Neither clock nor weather-glass is ever right; but we believe in both, devoutly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Devoutly and ardently did Mr. Snodgrass wish that the ladies could know he had come in. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- She looked up devoutly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When I speak of my sister, I devoutly wish that you had never seen her, Mr Headstone. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Devoutly thankful to Heaven for his recovered self-possession, he thought, There is but another now, and turned to walk again. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Reference to my diary shows this to have been a chequered day--much in it to be devoutly regretted, much in it to be devoutly thankful for. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- And he crosses himself devoutly. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Devoutly spoken, said Locksley; and where is Allan-a-Dale? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- In style it was devoutly familiar. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I believe devoutly in a natural difference of vocation. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
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