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LEWDLY
lewdly, obscenely
(adverb) in a lewd and obscene manner; “he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
lewdly (comparative more lewdly, superlative most lewdly)
In a lewd manner.
Source: Wiktionary
LEWD
Lewd, a. [Compar. Lewder; superl. Lewdest.] Etym: [OE.lewed, lewd, lay, ignorant, vile, AS. l laical, belonging to the laity.]
1. Not clerical; laic; laical; hence, unlearned; simple. [Obs.] For if priest be foul, on whom we trust, No wonder is a lewed man to rust. Chaucer. So these great clerks their little wisdom show To mock the lewd, as learn'd in this as they. Sit. J. Davies.
2. Belonging to the lower classes, or the rabble; idle and lawless; bad; vicious. [Archaic] Chaucer. But the Jews, which believed not, . . . took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, . . . and assaulted the house of Jason. Acts xvii. 5. Too lewd to work, and ready for any kind of mischief. Southey .
3. Given to the promiscuous indulgence of lust; dissolute; lustful; libidinous. Dryden.
4. Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language.
Syn.
– Lustful; libidinous; licentious; profligate; dissolute; sensual; unchaste; impure; lascivious; lecherous; rakish; debauched.
– Lewd"ly, adv.
– Lewd"ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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