Antonyms for indecently
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : in-dee-suhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈdi sənt |
Definition of indecently
Origin :- 1560s, "unbecoming, in bad taste," from French indécent (14c.), from Latin indecentem (nominative indecens), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + decens (see decent). Sense of "offending against propriety" is from 1610s. Indecent assault (1861) originally covered sexual assaults other than rape or intended rape, but by 1934 it was being used as a euphemism for "rape." Related: Indecently
- As in obnoxiously : adv cruelly
- As in rudely : adv impolitely
- As in savagely : adv cruelly
- As in scandalously : adv shamefully
- I'm proud of you, and your brother here is indecently exalted.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- It will be unkind to poor Jack to hurry away from his grave so indecently.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- The first sentence of Mr. Billing's speech was indecently nude.
- Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham
- He is shamelessly, indecently, monstrously lacking in the ironic sense.
- Extract from : « Suspended Judgments » by John Cowper Powys
- If it wasn't that you're an indecently strong chap we'd get the jump on you every time.
- Extract from : « Left Guard Gilbert » by Ralph Henry Barbour
- To save it we must work him up—he'll in that case want it so indecently much.
- Extract from : « The Outcry » by Henry James
- Her distress of mind and her poverty seemed so indecently exposed to view.
- Extract from : « A Beautiful Alien » by Julia Magruder
- It is heartless, indecently so, for an old man to be so blithe.
- Extract from : « The Journal of a Disappointed Man » by Wilhelm Nero Pilate Barbellion
- It was indecently large, but Burton said he meant to screw them up to it.
- Extract from : « The Return of the Prodigal » by May Sinclair
- Is she afraid of projecting her personality too indecently far?
- Extract from : « Penelope's Experiences in Scotland » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
Synonyms for indecently
- annoyingly
- barbarously
- bluntly
- boorishly
- brazenly
- brutally
- coarsely
- contemptuously
- crassly
- crudely
- cruelly
- curtly
- discourteously
- disgracefully
- disrespectfully
- harshly
- imprudently
- indecently
- indecorously
- inhumanly
- insolently
- loudly
- offensively
- roughly
- ruthlessly
- sassily
- sharply
- shockingly
- snootily
- tactlessly
- unabashedly
- uncivilly
- uncouthly
- ungraciously
- unwelcomely
- viciously
- vulgarly
- wildly
- wrongly
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