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Etymology
Etymology tree English promiscuous Middle English -ly English -ly English promiscuously From promiscuous + -ly.
Meanings
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In a promiscuous manner.
Even in one and the same line Hebrew and Arabic words are used promiscuously.
1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, page 371:Their closest living relatives, deer mice, dwell in forests instead of open spaces, she learned, and they live promiscuously instead of monogamously.
2017 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Why Are Some Mice (and People) Monogamous? A Study Points to Genes”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most promiscuously | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more promiscuously | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (8)
pt promiscuamente (in a promiscuous manner) · ca promíscuament (in a promiscuous manner) · gl promiscuamente (in a promiscuous manner) · it promiscuamente (in a promiscuous manner) · grc ἀναμίξ (in a promiscuous manner) · es promiscuamente (in a promiscuous manner) · sk promiskuitne (in a promiscuous manner) · fr promiscûment (in a promiscuous manner)