religiously

American  

[ri-lij-uhs-lee] / rɪˈlɪdʒ əs li /

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.

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Other Word Forms

• antireligiously adverb
• nonreligiously adverb
• overreligiously adverb
• pseudoreligiously adverb
• quasi-religiously adverb
• ultrareligiously adverb

Etymology

Origin of religiously

religious ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Article 111 of the Iranian Constitution grants the assembly the authority to remove the supreme leader if he is deemed incapable or unqualified politically and religiously.

From Salon

It also said the incident was not being treated as religiously or racially aggravated.

From BBC

And I don’t feel particularly guilty about it, as I surely would have decades ago when our Catholic family religiously avoided meat on Friday and attended church every Sunday morning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, like so many other millennials, I religiously set the VHS player to record “Dawson’s Creek” every week on the WB.

From Los Angeles Times

Inspectors concluded that staff - including those from minority groups - spoke of the "harmonious and religiously tolerant" school atmosphere.

From BBC

Related Words

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