superstitiously
Americanadverb
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As the team took a bus to the game, Eileen and other parents gathered for a meal, superstitiously repeating their outfits from each of the team’s previous playoff games.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
"God willing," he says, superstitiously knocking the table.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
Many N.H.L. players superstitiously do not shave for as long as their team is in the playoffs.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2022
They superstitiously refuse to even say the word out loud, and when other people dare to utter it, they proceed to have a full-on freakout.
From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2021
The defeated knights, jogging home with their bruises, missed the conviviality which usually happened on tournament evenings, wondered who the taciturn champion could be, and talked superstitiously among themselves.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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