piously
In religious devotion
Piously means in a devoutly religious manner, showing reverence for God or sacred matters: She piously attended mass every morning.
The word often carries a note of disapproval, suggesting excessive or performative religiosity—someone acting piously may be more concerned with appearing virtuous than being so: He piously declared he never touched alcohol.
With steadfast commitment
- reverentlyWith profound respect
- faithfullyWith unwavering loyalty
- prayerfullyIn a beseeching manner
- worshipfullyWith deep reverence
religiously · spiritually · godly · holily · sacredly · fervently · zealously · solemnly
With smug moral superiority
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
- hypocriticallyFeigning virtues one lacks
- ostentatiouslyIn a showy manner
- performativelyThrough action itself
pretentiously · smugly · moralistically · priggishly · judgmentally · affectedly · insincerely · unctuously
In an upright manner
- righteouslyWith moral correctness
- ethicallyWith moral correctness
- uprightlyWith moral correctness
- honorablyWith ethical conduct
conscientiously · scrupulously · principled · nobly · purely · chastely · sincerely · dutifully
devotedly
With steadfast commitment
- reverentlyWith profound respect
- faithfullyWith unwavering loyalty
- prayerfullyIn a beseeching manner
worshipfully · religiously · spiritually · godly · holily · sacredly · fervently · zealously · solemnly · humbly
self-righteously
With smug moral superiority
- holier-than-thouSmugly moralistic toward others
- hypocriticallyFeigning virtues one lacks
- ostentatiouslyIn a showy manner
performatively · pretentiously · smugly · moralistically · priggishly · judgmentally · affectedly · insincerely · unctuously · prudishly
virtuously
In an upright manner
- righteouslyWith moral correctness
- ethicallyWith moral correctness
- uprightlyWith moral correctness
honorably · conscientiously · scrupulously · principled · nobly · purely · chastely · sincerely · dutifully · temperately
- devout adverbsdevoutly, reverently, religiously, faithfully, prayerfully
piouslyimpiously
Without religious respect
irreverently · blasphemously · sacrilegiously · profanely · ungodly
piouslysinfully
In immoral manner
wickedly · immorally · depravedly · dissolutely · corruptly
- pious fictionUseful falsehood upheld intentionally