obscenely

ob·scene  (b-sn, b-)

adj.

1. Offensive to accepted standards of decency or modesty.

2. Inciting lustful feelings; lewd.

3. Repulsive; disgusting: "The way he writes about the disease that killed her is simply obscene" (Michael Korda).

4. So large in amount as to be objectionable or outrageous: "local merchants in nearby stores get hammered by stratospheric rents and obscene taxes" (Joe Queenan).

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[Latin obscnus.]

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ob·scenely adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	obscenely - to an obscene degree; "this man is obscenely rich"
	2.	obscenely - in a lewd and obscene manner; "he had seen how in their dances the white men and women held one another obscenely" lewdly