Wordnet 3.0
ADVERB (2)
1.
with curses;
- Example: "muttering profanely"2.
in an irreverent or profane manner;
- Example: "he kept wondering profanely why everything bad happened to him"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Profanely \Pro*fane"ly\, adv.
In a profane manner.
[1913 Webster]
The character of God profanely impeached. --Dr. T.
Dwight.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
profanely
adv 1: with curses; "muttering profanely"
2: in an irreverent or profane manner; "he kept wondering
profanely why everything bad happened to him"
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
PROFANELY. In a profane manner. In an indictment, under the act of assembly
of Pennsylvania, against profanity, it is requisite that the words should be
laid to have been spoken profanely. 11 S. & R. 394.