iconoclastically

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English

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Etymology

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From iconoclastic +‎ -ally.

Adverb

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iconoclastically (comparative more iconoclastically, superlative most iconoclastically)

  1. In an iconoclastic manner.
    • 1994, William D. Dean, The Religious Critic in American Culture, page 80:
      In the later lectures, which would lead to A Pluralistic Universe, James abandoned the earlier heroic stance, where he taunted European idealists and iconoclastically defied the new mechanistic science by suggesting supernatural rescue.