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devoutly

devoutly adverb: in a devout manner.

Adverb

devoutly (comparative more devoutly, superlative most devoutly)

  1. In a devout manner.
    • […] I did espie Where towards me a sory wight did cost*, Clad all in black, that mourning did bewray, And Iacob staffe in hand devoutly crost, Like to some pilgrim come from farre away.1591, Edmund Spenser, The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5
    • " Without further parley, upon their knees they fell most devoutly, and for helpe on heaven never ceased extensively to intercessionate God, for his speedie recoverie.1594, Thomas Nash, “The Terrors of the Night”, in Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, volume I, published 1807, →OCLC, page 270

devoutly meaning in Sanskrit

devoutly in Sanskrit

devoutly, piously
सुम्नया sumnayā́

Examples of devoutly in a sentence

  • After receiving a call in March of 1984, her devoutly Catholic parents followed the telephoner's advice of seeking help, speaking with a priest and two male psychiatrists.1985 December 21, Laurie Sherman, “Lesbian Students' Parents Getting Anonymous Calls”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 23, page 1:
  • But what she really was, deeply and devoutly, was a superstitionist.2012, Nick Tosches, Me and the Devil: A Novel, →ISBN:

Forms of devoutly

comparativemore devoutly
superlativemost devoutly

Origin of devoutly

From devout + -ly.

Questions about devoutly

What does devoutly mean?
Devoutly means in a devout manner.
What is devoutly in Sanskrit?
Devoutly in Sanskrit is सुम्नया (sumnayā́). See Devoutly meaning in Sanskrit.
How do you use devoutly in a sentence?
After receiving a call in March of 1984, her devoutly Catholic parents followed the telephoner's advice of seeking help, speaking with a priest and two male psychiatrists.
What part of speech is devoutly?
Devoutly is an adverb.

Words near devoutly in the dictionary

  1. devouted
  2. devouter
  3. devoutest
  4. devoutful
  5. devoutless
  6. devoutly
  7. devoutness
  8. devoutnesses
  9. devouts
  10. devove
  11. devoved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: devoutly (page history and authors); सुम्नया (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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