Meanings
comparative more sacrilegiously · superlative most sacrilegiously
- In a sacrilegious manner; done without proper respect.
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1970, Stendhal, Translated by Richard N. Coe, New York: Orion Press, Chapter XXII, p. 286, Every Friday, in fact, the priests send out spies into the back-gardens of all the palazzi to hunt for chicken-bones on the rubbish-heaps; the chamber-maid cannot receive absolution at her Easter confession unless she denounces secret carcass-hoards of sacrilegiously-consumed fowls […]
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Translations
Catalan sacrílegament
- sacrílegamentin a sacrilegious manner
French sacrilégement
- sacrilégementin a sacrilegious manner
Italian sacrilegamente
- sacrilegamentein a sacrilegious manner
Portuguese sacrilegamente
- sacrilegamentein a sacrilegious manner
Russian кощунственно
- кощунственно (koščunstvenno)in a sacrilegious manner
Spanish sacrílegamente
- sacrílegamentein a sacrilegious manner
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sacrilegiously. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sacrilegiously
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