'Impiously' definitions:
Definition of 'impiously'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an impious manner; "the young members challenged their leader impiously"
Definition of 'Impiously'
From: GCIDE
- Impious \Im"pi*ous\, a. [L. impius; pref. im- not + pius piou. See Pious.] Not pious; wanting piety; irreligious; irreverent; ungodly; profane; wanting in reverence for the Supreme Being; as, an impious deed; impious language. [1913 Webster]
- When vice prevails, and impious men bear away, The post of honor is a private station. --Addison.
- Syn: Impious, Irreligious, Profane.
- Usage: 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. [1913 Webster]