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The sermon is irreligiously long; and you are nodding—in a doze!

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 266, July 28, 1827 by Various

But think not, because we are less passive to destiny, we are rebellious against Deity; because we are boldly self-reliant, we are, therefore, irreligiously defiant.

From Essays Æsthetical by Calvert, George H. (George Henry)

She was twenty-five, very pretty, and most irreligiously devoted to shooting and hunting.

From Historical Mysteries by Lang, Andrew