impiously
impiously — adverb
1. in a manner that openly insults God, holy things, or what other people treat as
in a manner that openly insults God, holy things, or what other people treat as sacred
Christopher impiously laughed during the prayer and refused to bow his head.
verb + impiously describing disrespectful action
The young soldiers behaved impiously, throwing stones at the old village shrine.
impiously modifying behaved + concrete scene
Nkechi spoke impiously about the gods, and the older women looked away in shock.
During the holy festival, Mert impiously kicked over the candles on the altar.
The painting shows angels weeping while a king rules impiously over his people.
- irreverently
broader; any lack of respect, not only toward religion
- sacrilegiously
stronger; stresses harming or violating something holy
- blasphemously
specifically about insulting speech against God or religion
- piously
showing deep religious respect and devotion
- reverently
showing great respect, often toward the sacred
文法句型
verb + impiously
impiously + past participle
用法筆記
Subject is usually a person, and the action is typically speech or behaviour directed at religion, a deity, or something sacred. Common in formal, literary, or historical writing rather than everyday conversation.