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Definition: Irreverently |
IrreverentlyAdverb1. Without respect; "the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence". 2. In an irreverent manner; "in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "irreverently" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
| Antonym: reverentially (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Irreverently |
| English words defined with "irreverently": Disreverence ♦ profaned ♦ Unreverently ♦ violated. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "irreverently": Disreverence ♦ Unreverently. (references) |
| "Irreverently" is generally used as an adverb (general) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Irreverently" is used about 18 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adverb (general) | 100% | 18 | 82,615 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "irreverently"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
German | respektlose (disrespectfully, unrespectfully), respektlos (disrespectful, disrespectfully, impious, impiously, irreverent, unfilial, unfilially, unrespectful). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hungarian | tiszteletlenül. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | irreverentlyay ireverenţios (irreverent). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Words rhyming with "irreverently" (pronounced 'Ir*rev"er*ent*ly'): Abandonedly, Abasedly, Abashedly, Abhorrently, Abidingly, Abjectly, Abnormally, Abominably, Aboriginally, Abortively, Abruptly, Absently, Absolutely, Absorbedly, Abstinently, Abstractedly, Abstractively, Abstractly, Abstrusely, Absurdly, Abundantly, Abusively, Abysmally, Academically, Accentually, Acceptably, Acceptedly, Accessarily, Accessibly, Accessorily, Accidentally, Accommodately, Accordantly, Accordingly, Accountably, Accurately, Accusatively, Accusatorially, Accusingly, Accustomably, Accustomarily, Achromatically, Acidly, Acknowledgedly, Acoustically, Acquiescently, Acquisitively, Acridly, Acrimoniously, Acrocephaly. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-i-l-n-r-r-r-t-v-y" | |
-2 letters: irreverent, reverently. | |
-3 letters: retriever. | |
-4 letters: entirely, eyeliner, inverter, lientery, reliever, retrieve, reverent, reverter. | |
-5 letters: enterer, inertly, leerier, leveret, livener, nervier, nervily, reenter, reentry, reinter, relieve, rentier, retiree, retirer, reveler, revelry, reverer, reverie, reviler, riveter, teenier, terreen, terrene, terrier, terrine, veinlet, vernier. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 72 72 65 76 65 72 65 6E 74 6C 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).. .-. .-. . ...- . .-. . -. - .-.. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01110010 01110010 01100101 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100101 01101110 01110100 01101100 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I r r e v e r e n t l y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0072 0072 0065 0076 0065 0072 0065 006E 0074 006C 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)438484718871847180867891 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | német, neamţ |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | Ungar, magyar, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumäne, román, român |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | englisch, angol, englezesc |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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