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Irreverently

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Adverb

1. irreverently

without respect

Example Sentences:
'the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence'

2. irreverently

in an irreverent manner

Example Sentences:
'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'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Irreverently

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noun
1. 
lack of due respect or veneration; disrespect
2. 
a disrespectful remark or act

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Irreverently

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noun
1. 
lack of reverence; disrespect
2. 
an act or statement showing this
3. 
the condition of not being treated with reverence

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Irreverently

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adj.
1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful.
2. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor.

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