irreverently

adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English irreverent Middle English -ly English -ly English irreverently From irreverent + -ly.

1. In an irreverent manner.

   “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 […]”