indecently en · ADV
Etymology
Etymology tree English indecent Middle English -ly English -ly English indecently From indecent + -ly.
Meanings
- In an indecent manner.
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To an extreme degree.
Chloryl fluoride, ClO₂F, was first reported by Schmitz and Schumacher in 1942. It is indecently reactive, and the hardest to keep of all the Cl-O-F compounds, since it apparently dissolves the protective metal fluoride coatings that make the storage of ClF₃ comparatively simple.
1972, John Drury Clark, “Halogens and Politics and Deep Space”, in Ignition!: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 81:She didn't actually swing around from the light bulbs, but she was indecently active for her years.
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 47:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most indecently | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more indecently | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Synonyms
mightily · intensely · improperly · very much · murrain · awfully · wickedly · wrongfully · terribly · immodestly · insanely · strikingly · badly · wildly · unseemly · insanely · exceedingly · impossibly · illicitly · exceedingly · incontinently · damn · highly · indecently · drastically · unvirtuously · hugely · unseemly · acutely · wicked · wrongly · almighty · improperly · immensely · violently · extraordinarily · severely · beyond · jolly · reprehensibly · immorally · terribly · indecently · immorally · unchastely
Translations (7)
pl nieobyczajnie (in an indecent manner) · fr indécemment (in an indecent manner) · la indecenter (in an indecent manner) · pl niemoralnie (in an indecent manner) · pl nieprzyzwoicie (in an indecent manner) · ru неприли́чно (in an indecent manner) · ca indecentment (in an indecent manner)