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Definition of Heathenishly
1. adv. In a heathenish manner.
Definition of Heathenishly
1. Adverb. In the manner of heathens. ¹
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Definition of Heathenishly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heathenishly
Literary usage of Heathenishly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"... traversed the country, demolished the altara of the falso gods, circumcised
the children, and persecuted the heathen and heathenishly disposed. ..."
2. Censura Literaria: Containing Titles, Abstracts, and Opinions of Old English by Egerton Brydges (1815)
"... and heathenishly ascribe all their enormities, only because they succeed: and
from that abyss of God's providence draw secondary principles of necessity ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1855)
"... little light upon the matter: “ PS—My Sappho (as you heathenishly christen
her) is more properly your Sappho, having been alone this half year in town. ..."