Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a devotional manner; toward devotion: as, devotionally inclined.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a devotional manner; toward devotion.

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  • adverb In a devotional manner.

Etymologies

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From devotional +‎ -ly.

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Examples

  • Perhaps no one has studied the emerging cancer genome as meticulously or as devotionally as Bert Vogelstein.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Perhaps no one has studied the emerging cancer genome as meticulously or as devotionally as Bert Vogelstein.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • Perhaps no one has studied the emerging cancer genome as meticulously or as devotionally as Bert Vogelstein.

    The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010

  • But she may not give extra credit for students who come to her after school bible study, and she may not read her bible to the class devotionally.

    Baptist group not keen on government-sponsored National Day of Prayer | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • She answered, “O my son, she is with one who is worthier than I to be trusted with her, namely, the devout old woman; she went forth with her to visit devotionally the Fakirs and return.”

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • Orphaned at five and severely autistic, he is the talent his former art teacher, Beth Philp, at the Pond School for Autism in Auburn, MA, heralds as a “pioneer” whose work is “devotionally intimate” and “culture-pastiching.”

    Some Assembly Required Lynn Kiele Bonasia 2008

  • We can walk confidently, admiring the greatness of the Lord, respecting Him devotionally, but trusting in our friendship with Him.

    How to Overcome Fear Marcos Witt 2007

  • We can walk confidently, admiring the greatness of the Lord, respecting Him devotionally, but trusting in our friendship with Him.

    How to Overcome Fear Marcos Witt 2007

  • The hour, the notes, the even-song of the birds, and her own previous emotions, combined to influence her devotionally.

    Two on a Tower 2006

  • For his root language, if you ask me whys, Shaun replied, as he blessed himself devotionally like a crawsbomb, making act of oblivion, footinmouther!

    Finnegans Wake 2006

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