lewdly
1
8.5
- adverb
- /ˈluːdli/
- Offensive
:
obscenamente
- Now, as I so meticulously pointed out, the most used passwords are love, (gesturing lewdly) sex, secret, and ... (eyeing Margo) ...
Examples
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When I traverse the city streets alone, I am subject to pestering by strange men who lewdly congratulate me on aspects of my anatomy while ordering me to smile.
Academic text (1994) -
There's an argument to be made there abso freaking lewdly so you know.
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You dance lewdly for the boys at lunch period?
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But yeah, food lewdly would be about or lustily would be about what?
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If that man should be lewdly given, he deceiveth me, for Harry, I see virtue in his looks.
Academic text (2012) -
Soon Paul had the floor and began philosophizing about jet-diving, much less lewdly than his brother.
Fiction book (1999) -
They weren't artistically arranged now, but spread lewdly so that the dead woman formed a final X dead center of the bed.
Fiction book (1995) -
Encouraged, the boys yelled more loudly and lewdly, and Wanda started tugging at her arm.
Fiction book (1999) -
Liza and Regina danced most lewdly of all, especially when they took up the tango with each other, to the great merriment of the delirious audience that set the tempo with enthusiastic cries.
Fiction book (1997) -
The crowd cheered as the performer moved lewdly across the stage, shocking everyone with his provocative gestures.
Synonyms
3
8.2
In a way that shows sexual desire for someone
1
7.6
In a way that offends people because it is about sex
1
6.7
In a way that others find rude or offensive
1
9.9
In a way that shows strong interest in sex and makes others uncomfortable
1
6.7
In a way that shows strong desire for sex
1
8.3
In a rude way when talking about sex or other dirty topics
1
9.8
In a way that shows too much interest in sexual things
1
9.7
In a way that shows unwanted sexual interest
In a sexual and indecent way
In a way that shows sexual interest and feels rude to others
In a way that shows too much interest in sex
In a way that shows sexual acts or body parts to make people feel sexually excited
In a way that ignores moral rules about sex and behavior
In a way that shows strong sexual desire
In a way that is funny but slightly rude about sex
In a rude way that uses sexual jokes
In a way that shows sexual interest or attraction
Antonyms
How Indecent
- Offensive
- Offensive
1
7.6
- Offensive
1
8.5
- Offensive
3
7.4
28
2.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Lewdly comes from the old English word lewd, which originally meant 'not learned' or 'lay', meaning someone not a priest, and was used for people seen as 'uneducated' or 'coarse'. Because being 'uneducated' was thought of as rough or improper, lewd shifted to mean 'vulgar', so lewdly now describes acting in a 'sexually indecent' way.