obscenely

English

Etymology

From obscene +‎ -ly.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

obscenely (comparative more obscenely, superlative most obscenely)

1. In an obscene manner; vulgarly.
2. (colloquial) In an excessive manner.
   • 1996, Jon Byrell, Lairs, Urgers and Coat-Tuggers, Sydney: Ironbark, page 245:

     By the year 1765, Richard `Dickie' Tattersall, the absurdly romantic self-styled soldier of fortune and indulged son of an obscenely well-off Yorkshire squire, was brimming with gratitude[.]

Translations

in an obscene manner

• Catalan: obscenament (ca)
• Latin: obscēnē
• Spanish: obscenamente (es)

in an excessive manner