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prayerful

[prair-fuhl] / ˈprɛər fəl /
ADJECTIVE
holy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
chaste devotional godlike
WEAK
angelic believing blessed clean consecrated dedicated devoted devout divine faithful faultless glorified god-fearing godly good hallowed humble immaculate innocent just moral perfect pietistic pietistical pious pure religious revered reverent righteous sacrosanct sainted saintlike saintly sanctified seraphic spiritual spotless sublime uncorrupt undefiled untainted unworldly upright venerable venerated virtuous

Example Sentences

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Scorsese says he attends Mass and is “absolutely” a prayerful person.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

“The hard reality is the fundamentals of the race have changed significantly since we launched this campaign. After prayerful consideration, today I withdrew my name from the primary ballot,” Meijer said in a statement.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2024

In a statement late Sunday, Grove said “after prayerful consideration and thoughtful discussions” with her family, she had decided to finish serving her California Senate term, which ends in 2026.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023

“I am being tried for the prayerful thoughts I held in my head.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2023

Then at last Finny straightened from this prayerful position slowly, as though it was painful for him.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.