irreverently
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In an irreverent manner.
Example Sentences
- "He finds out, soon enough for his weal and his bane, that he is stronger than Nature: and right tyrannously and irreverently he lords it over her, clearing, delving, dyking, building, without fear or shame."
- "Elisha […] was able to call upon two she-bears to come and eat up the children who had treated him irreverently […]"
Etymology
Etymology tree English irreverent Middle English -ly English -ly English irreverently From irreverent + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more irreverently (comparative)
most irreverently (superlative)