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idolatrously

idolatrously adverb: in an idolatrous manner.

Adverb

idolatrously (comparative more idolatrously, superlative most idolatrously)

  1. In an idolatrous manner.
    • […] yet didst thou find it better, to make up the breaches of that altar, which was misconsecrated to the service of thy God, than to make use of that pile, which was idolatrously devoted to a false god.1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation

Forms of idolatrously

comparativemore idolatrously
superlativemost idolatrously

Origin of idolatrously

From idolatrous + -ly.

Questions about idolatrously

What does idolatrously mean?
Idolatrously means in an idolatrous manner.
What part of speech is idolatrously?
Idolatrously is an adverb.

Words near idolatrously in the dictionary

  1. idolatrize
  2. idolatrized
  3. idolatrizes
  4. idolatrizing
  5. idolatrous
  6. idolatrously
  7. idolatrousness
  8. idolatry
  9. idolic
  10. idolisation
  11. idolisations

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