Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an irreverent manner; without reverence.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an irreverent manner.
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- adverb In an
irreverent manner.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb without respect
- adverb in an irreverent manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thirdly, in consequence to this, they ought to be informed how great a fault it is to speak evil of the sovereign representative, whether one man or an assembly of men; or to argue and dispute his power, or any way to use his name irreverently, whereby he may be brought into contempt with his people, and their obedience, in which the safety of the Commonwealth consisteth, slackened.
Leviathan 2007
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The following explanation of the name irreverently applied to the Bank of England is from H.rry H. Bell, Louisville, Kentucky:
Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Various
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When the horseman reached the gate, he proved to be not Savareen, but mine host Lapierre, mounted on his fast-trotting nag, Count Frontenac -- a name irreverently abbreviated by the sportsmen of the district into "Fronty."
The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales John Charles Dent 1864
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Thirdly, in consequence to this, they ought to be informed how great a fault it is to speak evil of the sovereign representative, whether one man or an assembly of men; or to argue and dispute his power, or any way to use his name irreverently, whereby he may be brought into contempt with his people, and their obedience, in which the safety of the Commonwealth consisteth, slackened.
Leviathan, or, The matter, forme, & power of a common-wealth ecclesiasticall and civill 1651
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The surface is effaced by random scrapes and smears my passage has recorded over time; I write my name irreverently in lavish script with flourishes that say I couldn’t give a damn.
Settled Dust Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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The surface is effaced by random scrapes and smears my passage has recorded over time; I write my name irreverently in lavish script with flourishes that say I couldn’t give a damn.
Archive 2008-08-01 Ivan Donn Carswell 2008
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He studies an irreverent art form irreverently, which is as it should be.
Book Review: The American Burlesque Show Burlesque Daily 2007
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He studies an irreverent art form irreverently, which is as it should be.
Archive 2007-08-01 Burlesque Daily 2007
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A warning to those who use Satan's name irreverently and in blasphemy.
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Yet Christ and His Apostles did not even suffer these latter to be irreverently treated or suddenly discarded.
Cardinal Newman and Tradition, Liturgical and Otherwise John 2009
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