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Profanely

Profanely \Pro*fane"ly\, adv. In a profane manner.

The character of God profanely impeached.
--Dr. T. Dwight.

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profanely

adv. In a profane manner, irreverently, with marked disrespect for the sacred.

WordNet
profanely
  1. adv. with curses; "muttering profanely"

  2. in an irreverent or profane manner; "he kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him"

Usage examples of "profanely".

And Old Man Pritchel not only denied having sent the wire, he violently and profanely repudiated any and all implication or suggestion that he even knew the policy existed at all.

Sir, could you have no redress if you were to prosecute a publisher for bringing out, under your name, what you never said, and ascribing to you dull stupid nonsense, or making you swear profanely, as many ignorant relaters of your bon-mots do?

I offered him a charter and my full backing, for it looked to be portending a virtual gold mine of income, but that honest, selfless man insistedfinally, profanely, and blasphemously insisted over my objectionsthat I and the archdiocese stand to receive the bulk of any profits if I backed the venture.

Naturally, he grimaced irritably and cursed profanely under his breath when his private communications screen chimed softly.

Therefore Blakeslee stood immobile while his profanely raving superior reached the cabinet and tore it open.

His voice, when he profanely and somewhat long-windedly told me what he thought of my impudence in deciding what was best for him, barely shook the windows.

It would not do, he reflected, to betray to conventionally-minded policemen his tenuous private hope that they would stumble upon one or two of those elusive nuns, profanely transformed.

Don Miguel swore profanely, and then, as the helm was put over to swing her back to her course, his own prow replied.