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pious
01
having strong faith in a religion and living according to it
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most pious
Comparative
more pious
gradable
Examples
The pious man donated a significant portion of his income to support religious causes.
02
(of a wish or hope) sincere and well-intentioned, yet unrealistic or unlikely to be fulfilled
Examples
His promise to eliminate poverty was dismissed as a pious hope.
Lexical Tree
impious
piously
piousness
pious
