| 释义 |
ˈheathenishly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a heathen, unchristian, pagan, or barbarous manner.
1561J. Daus tr. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573) 84 A thousand yeares after the incarnation of Christ, the Byshops began to defile the Lordes supper..too heathenishly. 1580Ord. of Prayer in Liturg. Serv. Q. Eliz. (1847) 574 The Sabbath days and holy days..spent full heathenishly, in taverning, tippling [etc.]. 1611Beaum. & Fl. King & no K. i. i, 'Tis heathenishly done of 'em in my conscience. 1749Fielding Tom Jones vii. xv, He was heathenishly inclined to believe in, or to worship the goddess Nemesis. 1836Chamb. Jrnl. 24 Dec. 383 The burial place of the royal family heathenishly styled the ‘Pantheon’. |