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irreverently

irreverently adverb: in an irreverent manner.

Adverb

irreverently (comparative more irreverently, superlative most irreverently)

  1. In an irreverent manner.
    • He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame.1866, C[harles] Kingsley, “Prelude. Of the Fens.”, in Hereward the Wake, “Last of the English.” […], volume I, London; Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Macmillan and Co., →OCLC, page 4
    • Elisha […] was able to call upon two she-bears to come and eat up the children who had treated him irreverently […]1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52

Forms of irreverently

comparativemore irreverently
superlativemost irreverently

Origin of irreverently

From irreverent + -ly.

Questions about irreverently

What does irreverently mean?
Irreverently means in an irreverent manner.
What part of speech is irreverently?
Irreverently is an adverb.

Words near irreverently in the dictionary

  1. irreverencies
  2. irreverency
  3. irreverend
  4. irreverent
  5. irreverential
  6. irreverently
  7. irreversability
  8. irreversable
  9. irreversibilities
  10. irreversibility
  11. irreversible

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