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pruriently en · ADV

Etymology

From prurient + -ly.

Meanings

  1. In a prurient manner.
    • One blonde proclaims, “If I meet a Negro I’ll have a Negro habit,” and the camera pruriently lingers on Ultra Violet making love with a black man and briefly on an outdoor session of interracial oral sex. 2007 August 26, Gerald Howard, “Mailer Gets Hammered”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more pruriently Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most pruriently Degree=Sup lexicographic