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English
Etymology
irreverent + -ly
Adverb
irreverently (comparative more irreverently, superlative most irreverently)
- In an irreverent manner.
1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 52:Elisha [...] was able to call upon two she-bears to come and eat up the children who had treated him irreverently[.]
Translations
References
- “irreverently”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “irreverently”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.