idolatrously

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adverb

In an idolatrous manner.

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Meanings

adverbidolatrously (comparative more idolatrously, superlative most idolatrously)

comparative more idolatrously · superlative most idolatrously

  1. In an idolatrous manner.

    […] yet didst thou find it better, to make up the breaches of that altar, which was misconsecrated to the service of thy God, than to make use of that pile, which was idolatrously devoted to a false god.

    1640, Bishop Hall, Christian Moderation

Origin

From idolatrous + -ly.

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Translations

Polish bałwochwalczo
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APA

idolatrously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolatrously

MLA

“idolatrously.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolatrously. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “idolatrously,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/idolatrously.

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