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reverendly, adv.|ˈrɛvərəndlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
†1. = reverently adv. Obs.
c1375Sc. Leg. Saints ii. (Paul) 396 Sone with worschipe þe body þai enclusit full reuerendly. c1470Gol. & Gaw. 331 Ressaue him reuerendly, as resoun in lyis. 1555Eden Decades (Arb.) 215 Men whom they reuerendely esteme. 1635Heylin Sabbath (1636) ii. 90 Reverendly kneeling on their knees, when they received the Sacrament of the Lords Supper. 1689Hickeringill Ceremony-Monger i, My crafty Ceremony-Monger..passes most religiously for one of the Order, and Reverendly with a Mask does his Business. 1721Amherst Terræ Fil. No. 47 (1726) 252 Every undergraduate is bound to pay all becoming deference to a bachelor of arts..by..saluting him very reverendly.
2. In a way, to a degree, that inspires reverence.
a1640Massinger, etc. Old Law iv. ii, Thou'rt a man of sorrow, But reverendly becom'st it. 1699Garth Dispensary ii. 19 Here, Mummies lay most reverendly stale. |