IMPIOUSLY
impiously
(adverb) in an impious manner; “the young members challenged their leader impiously”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
impiously (comparative more impiously, superlative most impiously)
In an impious manner; profanely; wickedly.
Source: Wiktionary
IMPIOUS
Im"pi*ous, a. Etym: [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.]
Definition: Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. Addison.
Syn.
– Impious, Irreligious, Profane. Irreligious is negative, impious and profane are positive. An indifferent man may be irreligious; a profane man is irreverent in speech and conduct; an impious man is wickedly and boldly defiant in the strongest sense. Profane also has the milder sense of secular. C. J. Smith.
– Im"pi*ous*ly, adv.
– Im"pi*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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