confessionally

C3O1N1F4E1S1S1I1O1N1A1L1L1Y4

adverb

With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.

Scrabble 22
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adverbconfessionally (comparative more confessionally, superlative most confessionally)

comparative more confessionally · superlative most confessionally

  1. With regard to religious confession; denominationally, religiously.

    Koslofsky speculates that it was driven by the need to find new sources of authority in a confessionally fragmented age.

    2011 September 21, Tim Blanning, “The reinvention of the night”, in Times Literary Supplement

Origin

From confessional + -ly.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

confessionally. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessionally

MLA

“confessionally.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessionally. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “confessionally,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confessionally.

Source: confessionally on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.