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📖 Определения и значения для слова pious

📒 having or showing a deep respect for God and religion

  • pious acts

📒 pretending to be religious, moral or good in order to impress other people

  • pious sentiments
  • He dismissed his critics as pious do-gooders.
  • a rather pious and condescending smile

📒 something that you want to happen but is unlikely to be achieved

  • Such reforms seem likely to remain little more than pious hopes.
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