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irreverently

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ir·rev·er·ent  (-rvr-nt)
adj.
1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.
2. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor.

ir·rever·ent·ly adv.
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Adv.1.irreverently - without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence"
reverentially, reverently - with reverence; in a reverent manner; "he gazed reverently at the handiwork"
2.irreverently - in an irreverent manner; "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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irreverently [ɪˈrevərəntlɪ] ADVde modo irreverente, irrespetuosamente
irreverently
adv behaveunehrerbietig; say, speak, namerespektlos, despektierlich (geh); writerespektlos; (towards religion, the dead) → pietätlos
irreverently [ɪˈrɛvrntlɪ] advin modo irriverente


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When she had done, she somewhat irreverently cast it on the table, saying with a scornful smile,--'Your grandpapa has been so kind as to write to me.
She looked at him as at one who had spoken irreverently.
whist'--a solemn observance, to which, as it appears to us, the title of 'game' has been very irreverently and ignominiously applied.
 
 
 
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