impiously

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English impious

Proto-Indo-European *leyg-

Proto-Germanic *līkąder.

Proto-Germanic *-līkaz

Proto-Germanic *-ê

Proto-Germanic *-līkê

Old English -līċe

Middle English -ly

English -ly

English impiously

From impious + -ly.

Adverb

impiously (comparative more impiously, superlative most impiously)

1. In an impious manner; profanely; wickedly.

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “impiously”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.