promiscuous
adjective
characterized by or involving indiscriminate mingling or association, especially having sexual relations with a number of partners on a casual basis.
promiscuously
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a word derived from
promiscuous.
Example Sentences
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But he wrote that "applying the exception casually or promiscuously, as the government's motion to unseal the summary-witness grand jury testimony here invites" would hurt the grand jury system.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2025
Miss Manners had hoped that the habit of promiscuously grabbing people had been quelled by the pandemic.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
There was a time, early in the pandemic, when the scientific orthodoxy held that the coronavirus didn’t mutate much, certainly not as promiscuously as influenza.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2021
The word “decadence” is used promiscuously but rarely precisely.
From New York Times ● Feb. 7, 2020
Fiat taxis run the gauntlet, honking promiscuously above Arabic monologs droning from speakers.
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
