Translations for „piously“ in the English » German Dictionary

pi·ous·ly [ˈpaɪəsli] ADV

1. piously (devoutly):

piously

fromm

piously

[streng]gläubig

2. piously (well-intentioned):

piously

guten Glaubens

3. piously (hypocritically):

piously

scheinheilig

piously

heuchlerisch

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The occasional downsides of dog ownership were not even acknowledged in this film though, which adopted a piously devotional attitude to the species.

www.independent.co.uk

A small cross was also held piously in his hands.

opinion.inquirer.net

At the same time, they piously demand that the rest of us should conserve, scale back, go without, and the like.

newsfeed.time.com

There were and are loads of experts and industry committees piously pontificating about the best way to do it.

www.huffingtonpost.com

These people live most piously in the full enjoyment of all the riches of this time.

en.wikipedia.org

Should we disregard entirely her prim and piously judgemental musings due to her unexplored territories?

www.abc.net.au

So they blocked it, hoping boats would continue and people die at sea, so they could piously pretend to be saving them later.

www.crikey.com.au

It's more usual for people to speak piously of addicts being "in need of help" than to support families who endure the suffering they cause.

www.stuff.co.nz

But don't try to justify this by piously invoking freedom of the press.

www.usnews.com

Her devotion to reading reflects her traditional status as the piously repentant harlot, as well as a prophetess or seer.

en.wikipedia.org