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Definition of Lawlessly
1. Adverb. In an illegal manner. "They dumped the waste illegally"
Definition of Lawlessly
1. Adverb. In a lawless manner. Without constraint by law or moral code. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lawlessly
1. [adv]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lawlessly
Literary usage of Lawlessly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bible Echoes in Ancient Classics by Craufurd Tait Ramage (1878)
"There is a road for those who have lived wickedly and lawlessly, along which
their souls are pushed to Erebus and the abyss, whence rivers of black night ..."
2. The Book of the Secrets of Enoch by William Richard Morfill, Robert Henry Charles (1896)
"He, who acts lawlessly with regard to the souls of beasts, ... He who acts
lawlessly, &o. At first sight this would seem to refer to the sin of bestiality, ..."
3. Report of the Joint Select Committee Appointed to Inquire Into the Condition by Luke Potter Poland, John Scott (1872)
".„„__ You have given us everybody, then, who has been molested lawlessly in Answer.
Well, no; I have given the names most prominently connected with these ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1868)
"Rushes man's race through the evils forbidden, lawlessly bold to brave all things
and bear : lawlessly bold did the son of the Titan Bring to the nations ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1908)
"... and that allowing our police and post-office authorities lawlessly ... and in
many cases the opportunity to make that appeal has been lawlessly denied. ..."
6. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to ...by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"Even those very censers in which incense had been lawlessly offered, lest they
should any more be used by the priests, but that they might rather exhibit a ..."
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