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Synonyms for lewdly


Grammar : Adv
Spell : lood
Phonetic Transcription : lud



Définition of lewdly

Origin :
  • Old English læwede "nonclerical," of uncertain origin but probably ultimately from Vulgar Latin *laigo-, from Latin laicus (see lay (adj.)). Sense of "unlettered, uneducated" (early 13c.) descended to "coarse, vile, lustful" by late 14c. Related: Lewdly; lewdness.
  • As in obscenely : adv indecently
Example sentences :
  • (Lewdly) The mouth can be better engaged than with a cylinder of rank weed.
  • Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
  • Concerning Philip that she was lewdly transported with the loue of one Th.
  • Extract from : « Witch Stories » by E. Lynn (Elizabeth Lynn) Linton
  • He drained his glass noisily while his eyes remained upon the pretty buckskin-clad figure that so lewdly attracted him.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Unaga » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • If that man should be lewdly given, he deceiveth me; for, Henry, I see virtue in his looks.
  • Extract from : « Old and New London » by Walter Thornbury

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