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profanely

profanely adverb: in a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred.

Adverb

profanely (comparative more profanely, superlative most profanely)

  1. In a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred.
    • Barrow digging is something like bottom fishing. There is plenty of fun and excitement when you are fairly in for a good thing, when every moment something is turned up, and you bless the generous mourners who have left so much for you to rejoice over. But when work is hard and results small, you...1877, Rooke Pennington, “The Prehistoric Ages”, in Notes on the Barrows and Bone-Caves of Derbyshire. With an Account of a Descent into Elden Hole., London: Macmillan and Co., page 13

profanely meaning in Malayalam

profanely in Malayalam

അശുദ്ധമായി, ധർമ്മനിന്ദാപൂർവ്വം, അധാർമ്മികതയോടെ, ദൂഷിതമായി

Forms of profanely

comparativemore profanely
superlativemost profanely

Origin of profanely

From profane + -ly.

Questions about profanely

What does profanely mean?
Profanely means in a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred.
What is profanely in Malayalam?
Profanely in Malayalam is അശുദ്ധമായി, ധർമ്മനിന്ദാപൂർവ്വം, അധാർമ്മികതയോടെ. See Profanely meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is profanely?
Profanely is an adverb.

Words near profanely in the dictionary

  1. profanation
  2. profanations
  3. profanatory
  4. profane
  5. profaned
  6. profanely
  7. profanement
  8. profanements
  9. profaneness
  10. profanenesses
  11. profaner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: profanely (page history and authors); profanely (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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