She was devoutly Catholic. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective, : a devout Catholic. ,devout prayer. ,He had a devout allegiance to the political regime. From Dictionary.com.
"He must have," I answered devoutly, meaning what I said. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis] Reference
She was a woman of absurd contradictions, such as devoutly never missing mass or playing a game of poker on a Sunday. From Wordnik.com. [Quazen] Reference
From a distance he watched the man devoutly praying. From Wordnik.com. [Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends] Reference
"He finally is able to do something he devoutly believes in.". From Wordnik.com. [How Did We Get Here?] Reference
For his own sake it was to be devoutly trusted that it would. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
How devoutly did I long for the well-stuffed pig-skin of Hyde Park!. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 87, January, 1865] Reference
For a few minutes they all listened devoutly as Aunt Janice read the. From Wordnik.com. [The Quest of Happy Hearts] Reference
Sancho, in very real despair, fell upon his knees devoutly appealing to. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
"Let us trust that the Lord will have it so," said her mother devoutly. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
That she has desisted is a mercy for which man may be devoutly thankful. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
This is unfair to Langgaard, who was a devoutly religious, serious fellow. From Wordnik.com. [The Rake's Progress; BBC Prom 35; Three Choirs festival] Reference
The author understands the faithful because she has lived devoutly herself. From Wordnik.com. [Culture Clash] Reference
Sometimes, indeed, he devoutly wished that Lavender had been born a stonemason. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873] Reference
We all joined devoutly in Arthur's prayer, for we believed that death was at hand. From Wordnik.com. [The Island Home] Reference
Moncrief, who devoutly wished that the ground might open and he might sink through. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
Each of their causes was, movement activists devoutly believed, the cause of humanity. From Wordnik.com. [‘The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals’] Reference
I do not home-school her, we are not devoutly religious and we have a rather large TV. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
He believed devoutly really in the transfiguring power of work to change a man's life. From Wordnik.com. ['Pops': Louis Armstrong, In His Own Words] Reference
Listening attentively and devoutly to God's Word, and joining heartily in the service. From Wordnik.com. [An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism] Reference
Most devoutly we prayed for the Queen, and omitted the President of the United States. From Wordnik.com. [Acadia or, A Month with the Blue Noses] Reference
I devoutly hope that by the middle of February it will be over as far as I am concerned. From Wordnik.com. [Letters from Port Royal Written at the Time of the Civil War (1862-1868)] Reference
Too absorbed in their games, they took no notice of Paul, for which he was devoutly thankful. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
You are dealing with people who are devoutly Islamic, so you have to have an Islamic presence. From Wordnik.com. [Trying Bin Laden] Reference
I lay down flat in the bottom of that wretched skiff, and devoutly recommended my spirit to its Maker. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
It was a sight to make one shudder and devoutly hope that a cure for this awful disease may soon be discovered. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in the Orient] Reference
At the same time, governments legislate as though equality, being so devoutly wished by us all, is now in place. From Wordnik.com. [Wishful thinking won't bring equality for disabled people] Reference
If we can have intellectual development and physical activity combined, is it not a thing to be devoutly wished?. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
A hundred or a hundred and fifty ladies, almost buried in silk and velvet, are crowded devoutly about the confessional. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
He ate his supper by himself before her, and very devoutly devoured a brace of partridges, and half a leg of mutton hashed. From Wordnik.com. [Classic French Course in English] Reference
Nothing could be more enlivening, more vivifying and more devoutly to be wished than the very position in which they stood. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service] Reference
Clermont, to have filled a sack, all of which were devoutly believed to have grown on the sacred feet of that great apostle. From Wordnik.com. [Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing] Reference
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