sacredlyadv.
/ˈseɪkrɪdli/ 1. With religious or strict care; inviolably; with rigid attention to the truth.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > [adverb] > with strict or religious care
sacredly1561
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > truthfulness, veracity > [adverb]
without(en, but leasec888
soothfastlya890
soothfasta1300
aefauldly1472
truthly1490
gospelly1596
sincerely1597
honest1654
sacredly1706
rightly1786
veraciously1807
truthfully1828
veridically1832
unfallaciously1852
honest-like1899
salva veritate1930
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) i. viii. 26 The originall booke [of the Law] itselfe was appointed to be sacredly kept in the Temple.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 130 Authors..kept sacredly and inviolably in certain Archives.
1706 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. 14 Jan. (O.H.S.) I. 163 Observing these Oaths..sacredly.
1871 J. R. Macduff Memories of Patmos ix. 112 The sealing further implied that its contents were sacredly locked and concealed from public gaze.
2. In a sacred or religious manner.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > holiness > [adverb]
holilyc1175
saintly1532
sanctifiedly1633
sacredly1694
hallowedly1834
1694 J. Pomfret On Death Queen Mary 137 Next mighty Pan, was her illustrious Lord, His high Vicegerent, sacredly ador'd.
1884 Christian Commonw. 20 Mar. 535/2 [Paul's] only offering was the sum total of his Gentile converts, whom he sacredly and joyfully offered unto God.
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