lewd
adjective
inclined to, characterized by, or inciting to lust or lechery; lascivious.
lewdly
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a word derived from
lewd.
Example Sentences
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He has lewdly mocked his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now secretary of health and human services.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 17, 2025
Whether she’s getting in strange carriages, dancing lewdly, writing secret notes to ambiguous lovers, dressing up like a mime or dressing up like a man, this Emily Dickinson is bold, ambitious, and ready to party.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2019
In the which words I dare well report, You are well beloved of all this sort, By your railing here openly At pardons and relics so lewdly.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 1 by William Carew Hazlitt
This is servitude, To serve the unwise, or him who hath rebelled Against his worthier, as thine now serve thee, Thyself not free, but to thyself enthralled; Yet lewdly darest our ministring upbraid.
From Paradise Lost by John Milton
Your servants swore falsely when they said these women lived lewdly; your men swore falsely when they said that these women prayed treasonably.
From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford Madox Ford
