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IRREVERENTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used
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Pertainym:
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence
Classified under:
Antonym:
reverently (with reverence; in a reverent manner)
Pertainym:
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)