superstitiously
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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"God willing," he says, superstitiously knocking the table.
From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023
All this has left chilangos, as Mexico City residents are known, scrambling for other ways to protect themselves—especially in September, which many superstitiously call earthquake month.
From Slate • Sep. 3, 2022
The ring of turquoise, a stone said to have healing powers, depicts a snake and is always worn, superstitiously, by Mr. Speliopoulos “with the head facing out” for added protection.
From New York Times • Apr. 14, 2020
Out of bed; superstitiously plucking the strewn clothes from the floor to fold them into rough bundles and put them away – one of countless little routines undertaken to forfend a sleepless night.
From The Guardian • Dec. 28, 2019
The defeated knights, jogging home with their bruises, missed the conviviality which usually happened on tournament evenings, wondered who the taciturn champion could be, and talked superstitiously among themselves.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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