irreverently

1. 1.

   without respect

   “the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence”

   Antonymsreverently
2. 2.

   in an irreverent manner

   “in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil war; clergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used”

Questions about irreverently

What does irreverently mean?

irreverently means "without respect". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in irreverently?

irreverently has 5 syllables: ir-re-ve-rent-ly. The stress falls on "ve".

What is the opposite of irreverently?

The recorded antonyms are reverently.

Is irreverently a common word?

irreverently is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.