sacrilegiously en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English sacrilegious Middle English -ly English -ly English sacrilegiously From sacrilegious + -ly.
Meanings
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In a sacrilegious manner; done without proper respect.
1970, Stendhal, Translated by Richard N. Coe, New York: Orion Press, Chapter XXII, p. 286, Every Friday, in fact, the priests send out spies into the back-gardens of all the palazzi to hunt for chicken-bones on the rubbish-heaps; the chamber-maid cannot receive absolution at her Easter confession unless she denounces secret carcass-hoards of sacrilegiously-consumed fowls […]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sacrilegiously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sacrilegiously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (6)
fr sacrilégement (in a sacrilegious manner) · ru кощунственно (in a sacrilegious manner) · it sacrilegamente (in a sacrilegious manner) · pt sacrilegamente (in a sacrilegious manner) · es sacrílegamente (in a sacrilegious manner) · ca sacrílegament (in a sacrilegious manner)