evangelically
- adverb
- /ˌiːvənˈdʒɛlɪkli/
:
evangelicamente
- He worked evangelically to promote the new community initiative, urging everyone to get involved.
- evangelically oriented
Examples
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While graduate-level theological education is sparse and evangelically oriented, graduate-level instruction in non-Christian religions is nonexistent.
Academic text (2011) -
Evangelically speaking
Blog text (11) -
For a century and a half, the United States repeatedly and often evangelically urged democracy upon its neighbors to the South, and it was often quite prepared to use money (and sometimes military force) to gild the philosophic pill.
Academic text (2014) -
She spoke evangelically about her faith, inspiring others to join her church.
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The pastor preached evangelically, bringing his congregation to their feet with enthusiasm.
Synonyms
To try to persuade people to become Christians
How Enthusiastic
4
7.0
5
5.4
39
1.0
110
1.0
- Formal
5
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
evangelically = evangelical (transparent) = evangel + ical + ly
A regular adverbial formation by adding '-ly' to the adjective 'evangelical'; the morphological operation and resulting meaning are direct.
Etymology
Evangelically comes from the root evangel, which means 'good news' and is the same root in evangelist and gospel. So to speak evangelically about your faith is to spread that 'good news' with strong belief and energy.