De*vout"ly, adv.

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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