orgiasticallyadv.
/ˌɔːdʒɪˈastᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌɔrdʒiˈæstək(ə)li/ In the manner of an orgy; extravagantly, enthusiastically.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > social event > a merrymaking or convivial occasion > merrymaking or conviviality > [adverb] > involving excessive drinking and licentiousness
orgiastically1930
1930 A. Bennett Imperial Palace xliii. 310 A grand climacteric of display designed orgiastically to receive the New Year into the infinite succession of years.
1934 C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 190 The orgiastically rhythmic sections of Le Sacre were contrasted with other sections that relied more on melodic, harmonic, or colouristic appeal.
1961 J. Heller Catch-22 (1962) xxiii. 238 Yossarian and Dunbar were busy in a far corner pawing orgiastically at four or five frolicsome girls and six bottles of red wine.
1965 Eng. Stud. Feb. 28 We may get nearer the truth by seeing Venus..as having fused orgiastically with Adonis.
1992 Daily Tel. 30 May 15/6 In the new movie Lawnmower Man, virtual sex happens in an orgiastically coloured hyperspace.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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