Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a religious manner.
  • Exactly; strictly; conscientiously: as, a vow or promise religiously observed.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a religious manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb In the manner of religion.
  • adverb Always.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb by religion
  • adverb with extreme conscientiousness

Etymologies

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religious +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.

    The Rev. Chuck Currie: 2009

  • The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.

    Religion 2010

  • The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.

    Current Affairs 2010

  • Muslims (particularly in religiously fanatical Iran ... land of the Ayatollah) have often bragged about how much they respect women.

    Obama: video of woman shot in Tehran 'heartbreaking' 2009

  • The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.

    Bigots Quick To Blame Islam After Ft. Hood Attack 2009

  • The Christian faith is a peaceful faith and Jesus preached non-violence but for many centuries acts of violence have been carried out in religiously-inspired crusades in the name of Christ.

    Bigots Quick To Blame Islam After Ft. Hood Attack 2009

  • The numbers drop significantly for the 37% in religiously mixed marriages: 48% say they pray or read Scripture with their children, and 44% say they send their children for religious education, says Greg Smith, a Pew research fellow and co-author of the survey.

    Survey: More have dropped dogma for spirituality in U.S. 2008

  • In this case, the aliens are the Utods, six-limbed creatures for which fertility is held in religiously high regard - which is a nice way of saying that they wallow in their own feces.

    REVIEW: The Dark Light Years by Brian Aldiss 2006

  • UPDATE - Expat Yank points out - and rightly so - that 52 people were killed and 700 injured in religiously motivated hate crimes last month.

    July 31, 2005 Laban 2005

  • UPDATE - Expat Yank points out - and rightly so - that 52 people were killed and 700 injured in religiously motivated hate crimes last month.

    Archive 2005-07-31 Laban 2005

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