Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - religious

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. You use religious to describe things that are connected with religion or with one particular religion. ...religious groups. ...different religious beliefs. ADJ: ADJ n • religiously India has always been one of the most religiously diverse countries. ADV: usu ADV adj/adv, ADV -ed 2. Someone who is religious has a strong belief in a god or gods. They are both very religious and felt it was a gift from God. ADJ 3. see also religiously