piously in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for piously in the English»Italian Dictionary

piously [Brit ˈpʌɪəsli, Am ˈpaɪəsli] ADV

1. piously worship:

piously

con devozione, piamente

2. piously say, moralize:

piously

in modo bigotto

Translations for piously in the Italian»English Dictionary

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English

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

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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.

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Nobody will fret piously about moral hazard this time.

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Defenders of high taxation will piously say that tax is the price we pay for a civilised society.

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Most piously, we decide to start in the gym.

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The red paint on the nails of her fingers crossed piously on her chest was chipped, the little finger particularly.

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Early in his pontificate, video footage captured him teasing a blameless altar boy for holding his hands together piously.

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

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Here was a paper which piously protested against certain types of behaviour yet was itself regularly guilty of the same transgressions.

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

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