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English adverb: irreverently

1. irreverently without respect


SamplesThe student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence.


Antonymsreverentially, reverently

2. irreverently in an irreverent manner


SamplesIn 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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