Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In an evangelical manner; in accordance with the gospel.

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

  • adverb In an evangelical manner.

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  • adverb In an evangelical manner, concerning evangelism.

Etymologies

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evangelical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He objected especially to the words "Queen of mercy, our life, our sweetness, our hope"; but the language of devotion is not that of dogma, and some Protestants, unwilling that it should disappear from Lutheran churches, reconstructed it "evangelically" (e.g., a version in use at Erfurt in

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

  • Early in our research for this book, one of us (Putnam) spoke about our work to a group of Lutheran theologians from the Missouri Synod, one of the evangelically inclined denominations within Lutheranism (the denomination of Our Savior Lutheran, featured in Chapter 7).

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • In a sense, the emerging church appears to be precisely the sort of religion we would have predicted to emerge to reach the new nones—evangelically flavored, but without the connections to right-wing politics.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • The prime minister has evangelically outlined a radical agenda of dismantling big government and empowering patients and users.

    Unravelling the hidden costs of an NHS free-market 2011

  • He leans forward, and says evangelically that all women should become "managed anorexics", and his pill will make it possible.

    Johann Hari: Promoting Anorexia: An Interview With Kenneth Tong. This Was No Hoax Johann Hari 2011

  • He leans forward, and says evangelically that all women should become "managed anorexics", and his pill will make it possible.

    Johann Hari: Promoting Anorexia: An Interview With Kenneth Tong. This Was No Hoax Johann Hari 2011

  • Griffin balances Swift against the non-magical, evangelically righteous Oda and rounds things out with smaller players like the Alderman, an abused traffic cop, and a worrying mother.

    Archive 2010-03-01 Neth 2010

  • Griffin balances Swift against the non-magical, evangelically righteous Oda and rounds things out with smaller players like the Alderman, an abused traffic cop, and a worrying mother.

    Review: The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin Neth 2010

  • In reaction, I demanded we look at public schools, some of which were so dirty and underfunded that Agatha was reduced to tears, and others of which were so evangelically leftist that I ran to the parochial schools of the Greenwich Village area, which impressed me with having strong academic values without the upper-class snobbery of the private schools.

    EVENING’S EMPIRE BILL FLANAGAN 2010

  • Their sole raison d'etre is to take a divisive, evangelically-based position on social and political issues.

    Michael Rowe: CBS to Air "Pro-Life" Focus on the Family Superbowl Spot 2010

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