| 单词 | religiously |
| 释义 | religiously (once / 2972 pages) 1adv 2adv If you do something religiously, you can be relied on to do it on a regular basis. If you never forget to floss your teeth at night, no matter how tired you are, you can say you floss religiously. You might go to church religiously, every single Sunday, but an activity doesn't need to be religious for you to do it religiously. Religion is the key to this adverb's origin — it originally meant just "in a religious manner." But these days you can use it to describe any activity you're devoted to, whether it's religiously watching your favorite TV show or drinking a cup of tea religiously every afternoon. WORD FAMILYreligious: irreligious, religiosity, religiouses, religiousism, religiously, religiousness+/coreligionist: coreligionists/irreligion: irreligionist/irreligionist: irreligionists/irreligious: irreligiously, irreligiousness/religion: coreligionist, irreligion, religionism, religions, religious/religionism: religionist/religionist: religionists/religiosity: religiosities USAGE EXAMPLESAnthony Pinn, a Rice University religious studies professor, described the prosperity gospel “as a way to religiously rationalize material acquisition.” Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) Overall, about half of Americans celebrate the holiday religiously, and about 32 percent say they celebrate culturally. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) “Police were able to establish the man’s actions were not politically, religiously or ideologically motivated,” police said in a statement. Seattle Times(Dec 21, 2016) 1 adv with extreme conscientiousness 2he came religiously every morning at 8 o'clock Syn conscientiously, scrupulously adv by religion religiously inspired art Syn sacredly |
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