irreverently
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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That evening, Salonen conducted Adams’ Chamber Symphony, in which Glass and few other composers irreverently meet Schoenberg.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 4, 2024
Sony Pictures’ “Dumb Money,” expanded nationwide after two weeks of limited release but failed to ignite the kind of populist movement it irreverently dramatizes.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 1, 2023
Rarely have the innovations of Jackson’s idols — from Joni Mitchell to Stephen Sondheim — been repurposed so reverently and irreverently at once.
From New York Times ● Dec. 5, 2022
The New York Post covered Trump's declaration with a bottom-of-front-page footer irreverently headlined, "Florida Man Makes Announcement".
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2022
"Which would you rather, or go fishing?" inquired the Mere Boy, irreverently.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 105, July 15th 1893 by Various
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