Meanings
adverbunreverently (comparative more unreverently, superlative most unreverently)
comparative more unreverently · superlative most unreverently
- Without reverence; irreverently.
I did unreverently, to blame the Gods
1611, Ben[jamin] Jonson, Catiline His Conspiracy, London: […] [William Stansby?] for Walter Burre, →OCLC, (please specify the page)
Origin
From unreverent + -ly or un- + reverently.
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