† unreverendlyadv.
Obsolete (rare after 17th cent.).
Without reverence or due respect; irreverently. Cf. unreverently adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adverb]
unworshiply1303
unreverentlyc1405
irreverentlya1513
profanely1544
unreverendly?1548
irreverendly1655
irreverentially1675
?1548 A. Gilby Answer Deuillish Detection S. Gardiner f. liiv For this do you call it the sacramente of the Aultare, and do hange it vp in a bande, ful vnreuerendelie (if it be a god).
1611 G. Chapman May-day iii. 54 Very vnreuerendly to call me gull, and asse to my face.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. iv. 118 He..was wont..(unreverendly enough) to compare our Physitians to Bishops.
1681 E. Lane Du Moulin's Refl. Reverberated 30 Would any Christian who is right in his Wits speak thus unreverendly of the great work of our Redemption, as you have here spoken?
1824 Atlantic Mag. Nov. 14 Her hands, unreverendly scatter..Impromptus—Satires—Essays—School-philippics.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adv.?1548- by task
- by telephone
- by terms
- by that
- by that mean
- by that means
- by that moyen
- by that time
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- by the a wind
- by the alphabet
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- by the board
- by the boatload
- by the book
- by the bucketload
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- by the bye
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