Adverb
In a devout manner.
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[…] 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.
" 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.
He had no vague false notions of beginning fires in November, and ending them in May; but had arrived at the philosophical conclusion, that there are very few evenings, in all the year, that a fire is not a consummation of domestic felicity in England most devoutly to be wished.
Or on the mat devoutly kneeling, Would lift her eyes up to the ceiling, And heave her bosom unaware For neighbouring beaux to see it bare.
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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.
She probably even believed she was a Roman Catholic. But what she really was, deeply and devoutly, was a superstitionist.
Adverb
in a devout and pious manner
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she was devoutly Catholic