irreverently en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English irreverent Middle English -ly English -ly English irreverently From irreverent + -ly.
Meanings
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In an irreverent manner.
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: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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most irreverently | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more irreverently | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
fr irrévérencieusement (in an irreverent manner) · ang bismerlīċe (in an irreverent manner)