Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a bawdy manner; obscenely; lewdly.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Obscenely; lewdly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a
bawdy manner;lewdly orobscenely withhumorous intent.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a bawdy manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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“Ke ke ke ke,” she sang bawdily, lifting up the hem of her dress, gyrating lasciviously.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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“Ke ke ke ke,” she sang bawdily, lifting up the hem of her dress, gyrating lasciviously.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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The film pays loving tribute to the striking machinists at Ford's motor plant via the vehicle of the bawdily unreconstructed class-war farce, referencing everything from The Rag Trade to the Boulting brothers 'I'm All Right, Jack to Carry On at Your Convenience.
Made in Dagenham 2010
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“Ke ke ke ke,” she sang bawdily, lifting up the hem of her dress, gyrating lasciviously.
A Kettle of Vultures Sabrina Lamb 2010
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To test this, simply think of some particularly bawdily outrageous title for adults and try imagine it being put on a highschool reading list.
Yet another G-word Roger Sutton 2008
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No one wants anything feminine, unless it is bawdily so, like defending a woman's rights to show her naked body in public or something.
Women must be Men: Mourning the Lost of the “Spirit of Man” arhyalon 2008
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A round of laughter erupted when someone bawdily suggested a connection between the two subjects.
Elephant in the City 2010
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C, teh ting eez, ewe shud naot apply enneh fisy… feesi… bawdily discomfurt too teh kitteh.
Video: Cat Yodeling - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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She is equally capable of defending her marriage, jesting bawdily with Iago, and responding with dignity to Othello's incomprehensible jealousy.
November 1st, 2002 2002
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They jest bawdily about men's sexual anatomies; Iras, when asked amusedly where she would choose to have her 'inch of fortune', replies, 'Not in my husband's nose'.
Shakespeare Bevington, David 2002
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