Emily Dickinson Lexicon

RE-LIG'IOUS-LY, adv.

1. Piously; with love and reverence to the Supreme Being; in obedience to the divine commands. – Drayton.
2. According to the rites of religion. – Shak.
3. Reverently; with veneration. – Duppa.
4. Exactly; strictly; conscientiously; as, a vow or promise religiously observed.