IRREVERENTLY
Dictionary entry overview: What does irreverently mean? • IRREVERENTLY (adverb)
The adverb IRREVERENTLY has 2 senses:
1. without respect
2. in an irreverent manner
Familiarity information: IRREVERENTLY used as an adverb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• IRREVERENTLY (adverb)
Meaning:
Without respect
Context example:
the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence
Antonym:
reverently (with reverence; in a reverent manner)
Pertainym:
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)
Meaning:
In an irreverent manner
Context 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
Pertainym:
irreverent (showing lack of due respect or veneration)
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