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Definition of Profanely
1. Adverb. With curses. "Muttering profanely"
2. Adverb. In an irreverent or profane manner. "He kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him"
Definition of Profanely
1. adv. In a profane manner.
Definition of Profanely
1. Adverb. In a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Profanely
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Profanely
Literary usage of Profanely
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Digest of the Laws of England by John Comyns, Anthony Hammond (1822)
"1. it is enacted as follows : If any person shall profanely curse or swear, and
be thereof convicted on confession! or oath of one witness, ..."
2. Records and Files of the Quarterly Courts of Essex County, Massachusetts by George Francis Dow (1913)
"... often swearing profanely by God, was fined and ordered to pay witness fees to
Osmand Trask and his son.* Richard Haven was fined for drinking to excess ..."
3. Universal Biography: Containing a Copious Account, Critical and Historical ...by John Lemprière by John Lemprière (1810)
"which might have been rendered more valuable by some important additions and ao-
atomical observations, had not the papers of the author been profanely ..."
4. The Dialect of Craven: In the West-Riding of the County of York by William Carr (1828)
"... *W™**' which by vulgar coxcombs are thoughtlessly, if not profanely substituted
for an oath; ..."
5. Scripture Testimony Against Intoxicating Wine by William Ritchie (1866)
"however, refer to the well-known customs of their country, and, by an appeal to
these, as contrary to the accusation profanely alleged against them, ..."
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