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Not that I would here insinuate that he was heathenishly inclined to believe in or to worship the goddess Nemesis; for, in fact, I am convinced he never heard of her name.

From History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Fielding, Henry

Take note of these misshaped and deformed figures, heathenishly attired, and with no middle parts or legs, but with two heads turned diverse ways.

From The Duke of Stockbridge by Bellamy, Edward

I met a fine old fellow, who might have sat as 133 the father in “The Cottar’s Saturday Night,” and who swore most heathenishly at a cow he was driving.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

"You're rotten to the core and so am I. But you're heathenishly beautiful."

From In a German Pension by Mansfield, Katherine