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prophanely

prophanely is the obsolete form of profanely.

Meaning of profanely

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

Forms of prophanely

comparativemore prophanely
superlativemost prophanely

Origin of prophanely

From prophane + -ly.

Questions about prophanely

What is prophanely the obsolete form of?
Prophanely is the obsolete form of profanely.

Words near prophanely in the dictionary

  1. propham
  2. prophanation
  3. prophanations
  4. prophane
  5. prophaned
  6. prophanely
  7. prophaneness
  8. prophaner
  9. prophanes
  10. prophanest
  11. prophaning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prophanely (page history and authors); profanely (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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