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irreverently

American  
[ir-ev-er-uhnt-lee, ir-ev-ruhnt-lee] / ɪrˈɛv ər ənt li, ɪrˈɛv rənt li /

adverb

  1. in a way that lacks reverence or respect for things that are considered serious or sacred.


Example Sentences

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"And I said if I have to have another conversation about why we need to make the door handles more accessible I will chain myself to them - rather irreverently I might say."

From BBC

Objects and their historical hierarchies are irreverently jumbled in the show: Velázquez, the great Spanish painter, sits alongside Celaya’s childish doodles.

From New York Times

That evening, Salonen conducted Adams’ Chamber Symphony, in which Glass and few other composers irreverently meet Schoenberg.

From Los Angeles Times

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

Wolfe was a mythmaker who gained a mythical stature, with his white suit, contrarian takes and irreverently vivid way with words.

From New York Times