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irreverently

adverb

In an irreverent manner

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Word length
12
Starts with
I
Ends with
Y
Contains
RR
Scrabble score
18
CEFR level
B1

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adverb

  1. 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”

adverb

  1. Without respect

    “The student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence”

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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
The student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence

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