sacrilegiously

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adverb

In a sacrilegious manner; done without proper respect.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adverbsacrilegiously (comparative more sacrilegiously, superlative most sacrilegiously)

comparative more sacrilegiously · superlative most sacrilegiously

  1. In a sacrilegious manner; done without proper respect.
    1 more example

    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 […]

Origin

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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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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