unblasphemously

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ blasphemous +‎ -ly.

Adverb

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unblasphemously (not comparable)

  1. Not blasphemously.
    • 1962, Gerald Abrahams, The Jewish Mind[1], Beacon Press, page 79:
      What they undertake is to explain God's words and works, so as to make His utterances cohere — as if, be it said unblasphemously, He were a human authority.
    • 2008 April 15, Laurie Maguire, How To Do Things With Shakespeare: New Approaches, New Essays, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 72:
      As far as political censorship of the drama went, being unblasphemously serious could be more offensive than being blasphemously silly.
    • 2011 November 15, Susan Marie Smith, Christian Ritualizing and the Baptismal Process: Liturgical Explorations toward a Realized Baptismal Ecclesiology, Wipf and Stock Publishers, →ISBN, page 182:
      Angelica's instinctive grasp of colour, and her artistic vision generally, seemed to Herder so obviously reflections of God's creation that he could simply regard her as divinely gifted, and unblasphemously call her by sacred names.