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lewdly

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lewd  (ld)
adj. lewd·er, lewd·est
1.
a. Preoccupied with sex and sexual desire; lustful.
b. Obscene; indecent.
2. Obsolete Wicked.
[Middle English leued, unlearned, lay, lascivious, from Old English lwede, ignorant, lay.]
lewdly adv.
lewdness n.
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Adv.1.lewdly - in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely"
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In ordinary circumstances, if there is no proof that Los Angeles International Airport Officer Anthony Edwards acted lewdly, he should not lose his job.
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As for the novel's amusing, playfully racy conversations--and more--between Hamlet and Ophelia, Fiedler is simply taking her cue from the Bard: the play contains hints that Ophelia and Hamlet have slept together, and in one scene Hamlet speaks quite lewdly to Ophelia while feigning madness (in Fiedler's version of events, Ophelia claims to get a real kick out of Hamlet's dirty talk).
Lisa Fiedler Dating Hamlet: Ophelia's Story by Brabander, Jennifer M. / The Horn Book Magazine
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