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indecently, adv.|ɪnˈdiːsəntlɪ|
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In an indecent manner; unbecomingly, indelicately, immodestly.
1589Puttenham Eng. Poesie iii. xxiii. (Arb.) 269 If they fall out decently..all is well, if indecently, and to the eares and myndes misliking..all is amisse. 1660R. Coke Power & Subj. 161 Let there be no vain speech, nor anything indecently done. 1723–4Swift To Stella 13 Mar., When indecently I rave, When out my brutish passions break. 1771Fletcher Checks Wks. 1795 II. 211, I enquired into the cause of the dissatisfaction he had so indecently expressed. 1849Thackeray Pendennis vii, A stout fellow-passenger..kept him awake by snoring indecently. 1961New Eng. Bible Rom. i. 27 Males behave indecently with males. 1970Times 8 Jan. 2/8 As she walked along a lonely path..a boy threw her to the ground, indecently assaulted her and stabbed her. |