orthodoxly

Adverb

orthodoxly (comparative more orthodoxly, superlative most orthodoxly)

1. In a correct or proper way; conventionally; correctly.
   • if, after a season of thoughtlessness, you perceive your understanding on a sudden lively to discern, and your will vigorous to pursue heavenly things, you may orthodoxly conclude there has been an effusion, not that there is one now.1778, Abraham Tucker, The Light of Nature Pursued, III.12
   • Biology is orthodoxly the part of science that deals directly with the phenomena of living matter.1925, Scudder Klyce, Sins of Science, XXV.1
2. In a religiously orthodox way; in accordance with accepted religious doctrine.
   • He wears a turban, he puts on his sandal mark every morning, he bathes and eats and marries and dies orthodoxly; he probably begets children orthodoxly.1980, Agehananda Bharati, The Ochre Robe
   • The teaching here is orthodoxly Islamic, the preoccupation with assessing the relation of works to faith is very much of the European fifteenth century.1990, LP Harvey, Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500, page 91