Definition of "piously" [pi•ous•ly]

• In a pious manner. (adverb)

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• "What I do object to is the Democratic party’s hypocrisy in piously condemning lobbyists in public, while eagerly taking their money in private."
• "However, don't let this color your view of the states, there are inclusive, loving and existential Christians out there too, but we don't go up to strangers and "piously" lay hands on people in King Soopers ..."
• "The BRC said that for the past decade it had helped rural communities resist policies introduced by the very party now "piously" taking up this call."