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
- (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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