blasphemously


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blas·phe·mous

 (blăs′fə-məs)
adj.
1. Committing or tending to commit blasphemy.
2. Constituting blasphemy.
[Middle English blasfemous, from Late Latin blasphēmus, from Greek blasphēmos, from blasphēmein, to blaspheme; see blaspheme.]
blas′phe·mous·ly adv.
blas′phe·mous·ness n.
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Adv.1.blasphemously - in a blasphemous mannerblasphemously - in a blasphemous manner; "the sailors were cursing blasphemously"
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blasphemously

[ˈblæsfɪməslɪ] ADV [act, argue] → blasfemamente
to speak/curse blasphemously → blasfemar
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blasphemously

adv → blasphemisch; speak also → lästerlich, frevlerisch
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blasphemously

[ˈblæsfɪməslɪ] adv → in modo blasfemo
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