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Obscenely

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Adverb

1. obscenely

to an obscene degree

Example Sentences:
'this man is obscenely rich'

2. lewdly, obscenely

in a lewd and obscene manner

Example Sentences:
'he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Obscenely

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adjective
1. 
offensive or outrageous to accepted standards of decency or modesty
2. law
(of publications) having a tendency to deprave or corrupt
3. 
disgusting; repellent
an obscene massacre

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Obscenely

see synonyms of obscenely
adjective
1. 
offensive to one's feelings, or to prevailing notions, of modesty or decency; lewd
2. 
disgusting; repulsive
3.  Law
designating or of books, films, etc. which when judged by contemporary community standards, are found to appeal to a prurient interest in sex, be patently offensive, and have no serious artistic, scientific, or social value

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Obscenely

see synonyms of obscenely
adj.
1.
a. Offensive to accepted standards of decency.
b. Law Of or relating to materials that can be regulated or criminalized because their depiction of nudity, sex, or excretion is patently offensive and without artistic or scientific value.
2.
a. Morally repulsive; disgusting: "The way he writes about the disease that killed her is simply obscene" (Michael Korda).
b. So extreme in amount as to be objectionable or outrageous: "hammered by stratospheric rents and obscene taxes" (Joe Queenan).

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