Word Meanings - DEVOUTLY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In a devout and reverent manner; with devout emotions; piously. Cast her fair eyes to heaven and prayed devoutly. Shak. 2. Sincerely; solemnly; earnestly. 'T is a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.

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• DEVOUT
  1. Devoted to religion or to religious feelings and duties; absorbed in religious exercises; given to devotion; pious; reverent; religious. A devout man, and one that feared God. Acts x. 2. We must be constant and devout in the worship of God.
• SINCERELY
  In a sincere manner. Specifically: Purely; without alloy. Milton. Honestly; unfeignedly; without dissimulation; as, to speak one's mind sincerely; to love virtue sincerely.
• REVERENTIALLY
  In a reverential manner.
• SOLEMNLY
  In a solemn manner; with gravity; seriously; formally. There in deaf murmurs solemnly are wise. Dryden. I do solemnly assure the reader. Swift.
• DEVOUTFUL
  1. Full of devotion. 2. Sacred. To take her from austerer check of parents, To make her his by most devoutful rights. Marston.
• PRAYING
  a. & n. from Pray, v. Praying insect, locust, or mantis , a mantis, especially Mantis religiosa. See Mantis. -- Praying machine, or Praying wheel, a wheel on which prayers are pasted by Buddhist priests, who then put the wheel in rapid revolution.
• EARNESTLY
  In an earnest manner.
• DEVOUTNESS
  Quality or state of being devout.
• MANNERIST
  One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism.
• PRAYERFUL
  Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. "The prayerful man." J. S. Blackie. -- Prayer"ful*ly, adv. -- Prayer"ful*ness, n.
• HEAVEN
  hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or from a root signifying to cover, cf. Goth. gaham to put on, clothe one's
• HEAVENLY
  1. In a manner resembling that of heaven. "She was heavenly true." Shak. 2. By the influence or agency of heaven. Out heavenly guided soul shall climb. Milton.
• MANNERISM
  Adherence to a peculiar style or manner; a characteristic mode of action, bearing, or treatment, carried to excess, especially in literature or art. Mannerism is pardonable,and is sometimes even agreeable, when the manner, though vicious, is natural
• WISHER
  One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak.
• WISHEDLY
  According to wish; conformably to desire. Chapman.
• WISHY-WASHY
  A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
• DEVOUTLESS
  Destitute of devotion. -- De*vout"less*ly, adv. -- De*vout"less*ness, n.
• HEAVENWARD
  Toward heaven.
• WISHFUL
  1. Having desire, or ardent desire; longing. 2. Showing desire; as, wishful eyes. From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love To greet mine own land with my wishful sight. Shak. 3. Desirable; exciting wishes. Chapman. -- Wish"ful*ly, adv. --
• SALLOWISH
  Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
• ILL-WISHER
  One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.
• UNREVERENT
  Irreverent. Shak.
• RAWISH
  Somewhat raw. Marston.
• UNMANNERLY
  Not mannerly; ill-bred; rude. -- adv.
• FOREWISH
  To wish beforehand.
• SHADOWISH
  Shadowy; vague. Hooker.
• OUTPRAY
  To exceed or excel in prayer.
• TALLOWISH
  Having the qualities of tallow.
• WISTONWISH
  See WISHTONWISH
• WILLOWISH
  Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton.
• WELL-WISH
  A wish of happiness. "A well-wish for his friends." Addison.