Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (1)
1.
in a devout and pious manner;
- Example: "she was devoutly Catholic"[syn: devoutly, piously]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Devoutly \De*vout"ly\, adv.
1. In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions;
piously.
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Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly.
--Shak.
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2. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly.
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'T is a consummation
Devoutly to be wished. --Shak.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
devoutly
adv 1: in a devout and pious manner; "she was devoutly Catholic"
[syn: devoutly, piously]