religiously

[ ri-lij-uhs-lee ]

adverb

1. in a way that is related to or concerned with religion:

   We believe matters of faith should be handled by religiously educated staff.

2. faithfully, sincerely, and with pious devotion:

   The tribe religiously observes the rite of ancestral veneration as an integral part of their cultural heritage.

3. with scrupulous or conscientious regularity or diligence:

   Initially I took composting very seriously; I made a perfectly square pair of bins for composting and turned my piles religiously.

4. habitually or without fail:

   Religiously, every Saturday night, I recorded my favorite comedy show on BBC Radio.

Other Words From

• an·ti·re·li·gious·ly adverb
• non·re·li·gious·ly adverb
• o·ver·re·li·gious·ly adverb
• pseu·do·re·li·gious·ly adverb
• qua·si-re·li·gious·ly adverb
• ul·tra·re·li·gious·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of religiously¹

religious ( def ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Private schools in Montgomery include a wide range of institutions, including prep schools and religious schools.

From Washington Post

Times when we obtain a deeper glimpse of Glenn’s character — such as how a deeply religious man felt dropping napalm on people during combat — are referenced from his memoirs.

From Washington Post

Indoor capacity at restaurants, other businesses, gyms and religious organizations will be capped at 50 percent.

From Washington Post

Online DSS records show Little Lambs day care is exempt from licensing because it is a religious facility.

From Washington Post

Gyasi’s ability to interrogate medical and religious issues in the context of America’s fraught racial environment makes her one of the most enlightening novelists writing today.

From Washington Post

Congress is now 92 percent Christian, resembling more to a papal enclave than our religiously diverse nation.

From The Daily Beast

Allowing religiously affiliated organizations to opt out of Obamacare, period.

From The Daily Beast

Of course, the study makes a point of separating the religiously conservative from the politically conservative.

From The Daily Beast

But my sister and her husband have very specific series that they really watch religiously.

From The Daily Beast

It gets even more complicated on “Level 3,” religiously affiliated organizations.

From The Daily Beast

This had been the programme which Mrs. Pontellier had religiously followed since her marriage, six years before.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a bachelor and had all the vices which, however, he religiously concealed.

From Project Gutenberg

The present owner, whose hospitality is proverbial in the neighbourhood, has religiously preserved the room intact.

From Project Gutenberg

The outside machinery for mentally and religiously improving the district is very extensive and varied.

From Project Gutenberg

He forgot one or two of the formalities which were religiously observed at that solitary table.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• automatically
• commonly
• faithfully
• frequently
• repeatedly
• routinely
• systematically
• usually